Noah

#624 for girls in 2025, 468 births · #2 for boys in 2025, 20,358 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1
2015 · 19,680 births
Debut · boys
1880
103 births
In top 100 · boys
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
529,602
since 1880

Noah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #1, 2015boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#624468#220,358
2024#560542#220,409
2023#639458#219,116
2022#618480#218,758
2021#691418#218,919
2020#873308#218,464
2019#1,113219#219,178
2018#1,299175#218,441
2017#1,321176#218,507
2016#1,628134#119,188
2015#1,588137#119,680
2014#1,876107#119,344
2013#2,30580#118,291
2012#2,37378#417,385
2011#2,34679#516,883
2010#2,36080#716,481
2009#2,61470#917,262
2008#3,05456#1515,808
2007#2,16392#1416,605
2006#3,13653#1516,342
2005#2,90256#2313,905
2004#2,08787#2911,916
2003#2,52264#3111,843
2002#3,28342#3112,076
2001#3,63136#2813,494
2000#2,40364#2714,282
1999#2,52756#2414,931
1998#2,42957#2913,415
1997#2,17463#389,280
1996#2,79643#507,184
1995#4,84620#993,824
1994#5,44517#1582,081
1993#5,41917#2021,504
1992#6,31414#2171,424
1991#6,58813#2251,316
1990#8,5019#2281,310
1989#6,16013#2191,242
1988#6,27712#2301,067
1987#7,9878#236996
1986#5,75712#2271,038
1985—#2171,109
1984#7,3988#1941,246
1983#4,10918#1691,542
1982#4,94514#1541,817
1981#5,25413#1801,400
1980#10,3925#240928
1979#6,18910#240913
1978#6,3859#281689
1977#7,5677#285683
1976—#324543
1975#9,0675#311580
1974—#324548
1973—#344492
1972—#384422
1971—#367478
1970#6,3627#445340
1969—#487248
1968—#574174
1967—#601154
1966—#598157
1965—#681119
1964—#660138
1963—#695124
1962—#654140
1961#6,5675#682126
1960—#665139
1959—#623153
1958—#657137
1957—#622153
1956—#646138
1955—#645133
1954—#642131
1953—#557161
1952—#582143
1951—#546154
1950—#547153
1949—#547149
1948—#543150
1947—#539156
1946—#562130
1945—#518133
1944—#482157
1943—#497155
1942—#457182
1941—#466161
1940—#471150
1939—#514122
1938—#478145
1937—#472143
1936—#465147
1935—#417175
1934—#462148
1933—#411173
1932—#416182
1931#3,8486#420180
1930—#426191
1929—#420197
1928—#457174
1927—#385236
1926—#382235
1925—#404219
1924—#391239
1923—#370259
1922—#390236
1921—#384247
1920—#384242
1919—#362253
1918—#377247
1917—#382219
1916—#355229
1915—#390189
1914—#360171
1913—#348141
1912—#355116
1911—#29182
1910—#26187
1909—#28562
1908—#25568
1907—#26961
1906—#25660
1905—#25160
1904—#27746
1903—#26648
1902—#21569
1901—#23256
1900—#20492
1899—#24447
1898—#21168
1897—#22258
1896—#21669
1895—#19972
1894—#19874
1893—#20569
1892—#19579
1891—#17076
1890—#18074
1889—#15885
1888—#17783
1887—#13894
1886—#15590
1885—#17476
1884—#14694
1883—#15881
1882—#129108
1881—#15281
1880—#126103
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
135 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2015 at #1 (19,680 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 84
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.6% of all boys named Noah (183,378) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #126 (1880) → #695 (1963) → #1 (2015)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s895#126 (1880)#151
1890s686#170 (1891)#204
1900s622#204 (1900)#251
1910s1,734#261 (1910)#348
1920s2,284#370 (1923)#397
1930s1,606#411 (1933)#448
1940s1,523#457 (1942)#508
1950s1,456#546 (1951)#607
1960s1,519#487 (1969)#630
1970s5,688#240 (1979)#331
1980s12,385#154 (1982)#207
1990s56,269#24 (1999)#127
2000s143,533#9 (2009)#22
2010s183,378#1 (2015)#3
2020s116,024#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 2017

girls
#1,321
176 births · 1 in 9,809 girls
boys
#2
18,507 births · 1 in 100 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #1,321Noah176

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 9,809 of them was named Noah, which outranked 92.8% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noah
  1. #1,317Bernadette177
  2. #1,317Betty177
  3. #1,317Soraya177
  4. #1,321Noah176
  5. #1,321Ayah176
  6. #1,321Calla176
  7. #1,321Dina176
  8. #1,331Audra175
  9. #1,331Haddie175
  10. #1,331Merritt175

Tied with 9 names at #1,321; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 100 of them was named Noah, which outranked 100.0% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noah
  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →