Noor
#659 for girls in 2025, 435 births · #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
Given to girls 88.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 435 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,276since 1979
Noor over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #659 | 435 | #2,884 | 43 |
| 2024 | #710 | 395 | #3,161 | 38 |
| 2023 | #790 | 356 | #2,769 | 46 |
| 2022 | #773 | 368 | #2,517 | 54 |
| 2021 | #854 | 321 | #2,918 | 42 |
| 2020 | #886 | 301 | #3,202 | 35 |
| 2019 | #930 | 284 | #3,259 | 35 |
| 2018 | #855 | 317 | #2,893 | 41 |
| 2017 | #875 | 313 | #3,123 | 37 |
| 2016 | #902 | 308 | #3,358 | 33 |
| 2015 | #989 | 273 | #2,864 | 41 |
| 2014 | #1,018 | 256 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #1,071 | 231 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #1,124 | 220 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #1,033 | 241 | #3,695 | 28 |
| 2010 | #1,082 | 230 | #3,072 | 37 |
| 2009 | #1,132 | 223 | #3,639 | 29 |
| 2008 | #1,090 | 238 | #3,561 | 30 |
| 2007 | #1,217 | 205 | #2,868 | 41 |
| 2006 | #1,102 | 227 | #3,306 | 32 |
| 2005 | #1,145 | 203 | #2,493 | 45 |
| 2004 | #1,127 | 202 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #1,060 | 212 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #1,054 | 203 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #1,032 | 209 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #1,041 | 202 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #1,088 | 183 | #2,510 | 35 |
| 1998 | #1,392 | 123 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #1,412 | 118 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #1,337 | 127 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #1,598 | 94 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #1,624 | 93 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #1,590 | 96 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #1,844 | 77 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #1,677 | 88 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #2,317 | 54 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #2,304 | 51 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #5,525 | 6 |
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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.
Where Noor is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Illinois#767 · 1 in 5,827
- New York#772 · 1 in 5,611
- Michigan#805 · 1 in 6,495
- Texas#1,228 · 1 in 10,761
- California#1,371 · 1 in 13,109
Best ever in a state: #146 in District of Columbia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #767 | 12 | 1 in 5,827 |
| New York | #772 | 18 | 1 in 5,611 |
| Michigan | #805 | 8 | 1 in 6,495 |
| Texas | #1,228 | 13 | 1 in 10,761 |
| California | #1,371 | 17 | 1 in 13,109 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Noor
- 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)
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2025 at #659 (435 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,695 girls born in 2025 were named Noor (0.03%)
- 32.3% of all girls named Noor (2,673) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 | #8,061 (1979) | #8,061 |
| 1980s | 243 | #2,304 (1989) | #4,073 |
| 1990s | 1,053 | #1,088 (1999) | #1,588 |
| 2000s | 2,124 | #1,032 (2001) | #1,100 |
| 2010s | 2,673 | #855 (2018) | #988 |
| 2020s | 2,176 | #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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 14,752 of them was named Noor, which outranked 91.3% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,406Lakeisha119
- #1,406Marta119
- #1,406Sabina119
- #1,412Noor118
- #1,412Alannah118
- #1,412Doris118
- #1,412Glenda118
- #1,419Bethanie117
- #1,419Jamila117
- #1,419Jesica117
Tied with 6 names at #1,412; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 145,011 of them was named Noor, which outranked 56.8% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,451Zahid14
- #4,451Zakarie14
- #4,451Zoe14
- #4,668Noor13
- #4,668Aarion13
- #4,668Abdullahi13
- #4,668Abir13
- #4,960Aayush12
- #4,960Abdoul12
- #4,960Addam12
Tied with 291 names at #4,668; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.