Noor

#659 for girls in 2025, 435 births · #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
Given to girls 88.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 435 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,276
since 1979

Noor over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #2,493, 2005girlsat peakboys
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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#659435#2,88443
2024#710395#3,16138
2023#790356#2,76946
2022#773368#2,51754
2021#854321#2,91842
2020#886301#3,20235
2019#930284#3,25935
2018#855317#2,89341
2017#875313#3,12337
2016#902308#3,35833
2015#989273#2,86441
2014#1,018256#4,13824
2013#1,071231#4,62120
2012#1,124220#3,89426
2011#1,033241#3,69528
2010#1,082230#3,07237
2009#1,132223#3,63929
2008#1,090238#3,56130
2007#1,217205#2,86841
2006#1,102227#3,30632
2005#1,145203#2,49345
2004#1,127202#4,00522
2003#1,060212#3,83822
2002#1,054203#3,45025
2001#1,032209#3,41025
2000#1,041202#4,78515
1999#1,088183#2,51035
1998#1,392123#4,19716
1997#1,412118#4,66813
1996#1,337127#5,53510
1995#1,59894#3,69317
1994#1,62493#4,09415
1993#1,59096#3,50118
1992#1,84477#6,1288
1991#1,67788#4,47612
1990#2,31754#4,40712
1989#2,30451#7,9055
1988#2,86736#3,91512
1987#3,33127
1986#3,89021#3,44013
1985#3,08429#5,1477
1984#3,52723#4,9737
1983#3,94919
1982#4,34717
1981#5,25413#6,2625
1980#8,1787#5,5256
1979#8,0617
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First appearance
1979

The first year at least five girls were named Noor! It came in at #8,061, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1979–1980, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

See more about Noor
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 51 spots since 2024 (#710#659)
  • 227 spots since 2020 (#886#659)
  • 330 spots since 2015 (#989#659)
  • Biggest jump: 87 spots in 2016 (#989#902)
  • Biggest drop: 75 spots in 2019 (#855#930)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1979
  • Peaked 2025 at #659 (435 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,695
  • Highest: 1 in 3,695 girls born in 2025 were named Noor (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 32.3% of all girls named Noor (2,673) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s7#8,061 (1979)#8,061
1980s243#2,304 (1989)#4,073
1990s1,053#1,088 (1999)#1,588
2000s2,124#1,032 (2001)#1,100
2010s2,673#855 (2018)#988
2020s2,176#659 (2025)#779

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Noor in 1991

girls
#1,677
88 births · 1 in 21,307 girls
boys
#4,476
12 births · 1 in 168,361 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #1,677Noor88

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #4,476Noor12
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 21,307 of them was named Noor, which outranked 89.2% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noor
  1. #1,669Rachele89
  2. #1,669Shala89
  3. #1,669Shane89
  4. #1,677Noor88
  5. #1,677Adele88
  6. #1,677America88
  7. #1,677Areli88
  8. #1,689Aliza87
  9. #1,689Angelita87
  10. #1,689Anthony87

Tied with 11 names at #1,677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 168,361 of them was named Noor, which outranked 53.6% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noor
  1. #4,231Zaccheus13
  2. #4,231Zakee13
  3. #4,231Zebulun13
  4. #4,476Noor12
  5. #4,476Aarin12
  6. #4,476Abelino12
  7. #4,476Abhishek12
  8. #4,760Aaryn11
  9. #4,760Abdulla11
  10. #4,760Able11

Tied with 283 names at #4,476; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991