Noah
#624 for girls in 2025, 468 births · #2 for boys in 2025, 20,358 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2015 · 19,680 births
- Debut · boys
- 103 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 529,602since 1880
Noah over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #624 | 468 | #2 | 20,358 |
| 2024 | #560 | 542 | #2 | 20,409 |
| 2023 | #639 | 458 | #2 | 19,116 |
| 2022 | #618 | 480 | #2 | 18,758 |
| 2021 | #691 | 418 | #2 | 18,919 |
| 2020 | #873 | 308 | #2 | 18,464 |
| 2019 | #1,113 | 219 | #2 | 19,178 |
| 2018 | #1,299 | 175 | #2 | 18,441 |
| 2017 | #1,321 | 176 | #2 | 18,507 |
| 2016 | #1,628 | 134 | #1 | 19,188 |
| 2015 | #1,588 | 137 | #1 | 19,680 |
| 2014 | #1,876 | 107 | #1 | 19,344 |
| 2013 | #2,305 | 80 | #1 | 18,291 |
| 2012 | #2,373 | 78 | #4 | 17,385 |
| 2011 | #2,346 | 79 | #5 | 16,883 |
| 2010 | #2,360 | 80 | #7 | 16,481 |
| 2009 | #2,614 | 70 | #9 | 17,262 |
| 2008 | #3,054 | 56 | #15 | 15,808 |
| 2007 | #2,163 | 92 | #14 | 16,605 |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 | #15 | 16,342 |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 56 | #23 | 13,905 |
| 2004 | #2,087 | 87 | #29 | 11,916 |
| 2003 | #2,522 | 64 | #31 | 11,843 |
| 2002 | #3,283 | 42 | #31 | 12,076 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | #28 | 13,494 |
| 2000 | #2,403 | 64 | #27 | 14,282 |
| 1999 | #2,527 | 56 | #24 | 14,931 |
| 1998 | #2,429 | 57 | #29 | 13,415 |
| 1997 | #2,174 | 63 | #38 | 9,280 |
| 1996 | #2,796 | 43 | #50 | 7,184 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 | #99 | 3,824 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #158 | 2,081 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #202 | 1,504 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #217 | 1,424 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #225 | 1,316 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #228 | 1,310 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #219 | 1,242 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #230 | 1,067 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #236 | 996 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #227 | 1,038 |
| 1985 | — | #217 | 1,109 | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #194 | 1,246 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #169 | 1,542 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #154 | 1,817 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #180 | 1,400 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #240 | 928 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #240 | 913 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #281 | 689 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #285 | 683 |
| 1976 | — | #324 | 543 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #311 | 580 |
| 1974 | — | #324 | 548 | |
| 1973 | — | #344 | 492 | |
| 1972 | — | #384 | 422 | |
| 1971 | — | #367 | 478 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #445 | 340 |
| 1969 | — | #487 | 248 | |
| 1968 | — | #574 | 174 | |
| 1967 | — | #601 | 154 | |
| 1966 | — | #598 | 157 | |
| 1965 | — | #681 | 119 | |
| 1964 | — | #660 | 138 | |
| 1963 | — | #695 | 124 | |
| 1962 | — | #654 | 140 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #682 | 126 |
| 1960 | — | #665 | 139 | |
| 1959 | — | #623 | 153 | |
| 1958 | — | #657 | 137 | |
| 1957 | — | #622 | 153 | |
| 1956 | — | #646 | 138 | |
| 1955 | — | #645 | 133 | |
| 1954 | — | #642 | 131 | |
| 1953 | — | #557 | 161 | |
| 1952 | — | #582 | 143 | |
| 1951 | — | #546 | 154 | |
| 1950 | — | #547 | 153 | |
| 1949 | — | #547 | 149 | |
| 1948 | — | #543 | 150 | |
| 1947 | — | #539 | 156 | |
| 1946 | — | #562 | 130 | |
| 1945 | — | #518 | 133 | |
| 1944 | — | #482 | 157 | |
| 1943 | — | #497 | 155 | |
| 1942 | — | #457 | 182 | |
| 1941 | — | #466 | 161 | |
| 1940 | — | #471 | 150 | |
| 1939 | — | #514 | 122 | |
| 1938 | — | #478 | 145 | |
| 1937 | — | #472 | 143 | |
| 1936 | — | #465 | 147 | |
| 1935 | — | #417 | 175 | |
| 1934 | — | #462 | 148 | |
| 1933 | — | #411 | 173 | |
| 1932 | — | #416 | 182 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #420 | 180 |
| 1930 | — | #426 | 191 | |
| 1929 | — | #420 | 197 | |
| 1928 | — | #457 | 174 | |
| 1927 | — | #385 | 236 | |
| 1926 | — | #382 | 235 | |
| 1925 | — | #404 | 219 | |
| 1924 | — | #391 | 239 | |
| 1923 | — | #370 | 259 | |
| 1922 | — | #390 | 236 | |
| 1921 | — | #384 | 247 | |
| 1920 | — | #384 | 242 | |
| 1919 | — | #362 | 253 | |
| 1918 | — | #377 | 247 | |
| 1917 | — | #382 | 219 | |
| 1916 | — | #355 | 229 | |
| 1915 | — | #390 | 189 | |
| 1914 | — | #360 | 171 | |
| 1913 | — | #348 | 141 | |
| 1912 | — | #355 | 116 | |
| 1911 | — | #291 | 82 | |
| 1910 | — | #261 | 87 | |
| 1909 | — | #285 | 62 | |
| 1908 | — | #255 | 68 | |
| 1907 | — | #269 | 61 | |
| 1906 | — | #256 | 60 | |
| 1905 | — | #251 | 60 | |
| 1904 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1903 | — | #266 | 48 | |
| 1902 | — | #215 | 69 | |
| 1901 | — | #232 | 56 | |
| 1900 | — | #204 | 92 | |
| 1899 | — | #244 | 47 | |
| 1898 | — | #211 | 68 | |
| 1897 | — | #222 | 58 | |
| 1896 | — | #216 | 69 | |
| 1895 | — | #199 | 72 | |
| 1894 | — | #198 | 74 | |
| 1893 | — | #205 | 69 | |
| 1892 | — | #195 | 79 | |
| 1891 | — | #170 | 76 | |
| 1890 | — | #180 | 74 | |
| 1889 | — | #158 | 85 | |
| 1888 | — | #177 | 83 | |
| 1887 | — | #138 | 94 | |
| 1886 | — | #155 | 90 | |
| 1885 | — | #174 | 76 | |
| 1884 | — | #146 | 94 | |
| 1883 | — | #158 | 81 | |
| 1882 | — | #129 | 108 | |
| 1881 | — | #152 | 81 | |
| 1880 | — | #126 | 103 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Noah was already there! It came in at #126, and was given to 103 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1909, when fewer than 70 boys a year got the name.
See more about Noah
- Held #2 since 2020
- 1 spot since 2015 (#1 → #2)
- Biggest jump: 87 spots in 1969 (#574 → #487)
- Biggest drop: 85 spots in 1954 (#557 → #642)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2015 at #1 (19,680 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 84 boys born in 2025 were named Noah (1.2%)
- Its best rank, #1 in 2015, was only 1 in 97 (1.0%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 34.6% of all boys named Noah (183,378) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #126 (1880) → #695 (1963) → #1 (2015)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 895 | #126 (1880) | #151 |
| 1890s | 686 | #170 (1891) | #204 |
| 1900s | 622 | #204 (1900) | #251 |
| 1910s | 1,734 | #261 (1910) | #348 |
| 1920s | 2,284 | #370 (1923) | #397 |
| 1930s | 1,606 | #411 (1933) | #448 |
| 1940s | 1,523 | #457 (1942) | #508 |
| 1950s | 1,456 | #546 (1951) | #607 |
| 1960s | 1,519 | #487 (1969) | #630 |
| 1970s | 5,688 | #240 (1979) | #331 |
| 1980s | 12,385 | #154 (1982) | #207 |
| 1990s | 56,269 | #24 (1999) | #127 |
| 2000s | 143,533 | #9 (2009) | #22 |
| 2010s | 183,378 | #1 (2015) | #3 |
| 2020s | 116,024 | #2 (2024) | #2 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Noah in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 22,578 of them was named Noah, which outranked 87.9% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,356Mahogany79
- #2,356Reegan79
- #2,356Ysabella79
- #2,373Noah78
- #2,373Acacia78
- #2,373Aiza78
- #2,373Alayla78
- #2,401Allisson77
- #2,401Anaiya77
- #2,401Berkeley77
Tied with 27 names at #2,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 109 of them was named Noah, which outranked 100.0% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.