Meaning not yet researched.
Noah: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 20,358 in 2025. Its best rank was #1 in 2016.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1 in 2016; #2 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Noah in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2016, at #1.
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Noah: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 20,358 boys in 2025. Peak: #1 in 2016 · most boys in one year: 20,409 (2024).
In 2025, 20,358 US boys were named Noah, making it the 2nd most common boys’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 51 fewer than the 20,409 boys named Noah in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1, reached in 2016. The most boys given the name in a single year was 20,409, in 2024. For comparison, it was #1 in 2015 and #547 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Noah in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 103 babies with the name. In all, 534,622 US babies have been given the name, 0.9% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 184,643 babies named Noah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 191,338 US boys were named Noah; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 20,409. In 2025 that was about 1 in 84 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Noah ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #1 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Noa (14,249 babies since 1880) and Noe (23,930 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Noha, Nou and Noya are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Noha (550), Nou (408), Noya (340), Nuh (335), Noeh (154), Nouh (138), Nooh (119), Noaah (57), Noy (44), Noey (39), Noahh (22), Nohe (21), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Noah in the open dataset we use.
Noah is listed as a nickname for Manoah.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 468 | #1 | #3 |
| Washington | 426 | #1 | #3 |
| North Carolina | 684 | #1 | #2 |
| Tennessee | 444 | #1 | #5 |
| South Carolina | 276 | #1 | #4 |
| Rhode Island | 67 | #1 | #1 |
| Alaska | 46 | #1 | #2 |
| Pennsylvania | 744 | #1 | #3 |
| Connecticut | 268 | #1 | #1 |
| District of Columbia | 58 | #1 | #6 |
| Delaware | 63 | #1 | #1 |
| Louisiana | 237 | #1 | #1 |
| New York | 1,381 | #1 | #4 |
| New Mexico | 115 | #1 | #1 |
| Florida | 1,749 | #2 | #2 |
| Hawaii | 46 | #2 | #1 |
| New Jersey | 742 | #2 | #4 |
| Maryland | 377 | #2 | #1 |
| California | 2,607 | #2 | #1 |
| Illinois | 683 | #2 | #1 |
| Michigan | 478 | #2 | #1 |
| Virginia | 556 | #2 | #2 |
| Oklahoma | 189 | #2 | #6 |
| Arizona | 434 | #2 | #1 |
| Texas | 2,450 | #2 | #1 |
| Georgia | 653 | #2 | #2 |
| Kansas | 167 | #3 | #6 |
| Colorado | 348 | #3 | #7 |
| Ohio | 551 | #3 | #3 |
| Nevada | 176 | #3 | #2 |
| Nebraska | 109 | #4 | #4 |
| West Virginia | 85 | #4 | #1 |
| North Dakota | 48 | #4 | #8 |
| Mississippi | 120 | #4 | #7 |
| Maine | 54 | #4 | #10 |
| Missouri | 322 | #4 | #8 |
| Arkansas | 134 | #5 | #4 |
| Kentucky | 203 | #5 | #5 |
| Indiana | 345 | #5 | #2 |
| Alabama | 246 | #5 | #6 |
| Wisconsin | 245 | #5 | #4 |
| South Dakota | 50 | #5 | #11 |
| Utah | 206 | #5 | #22 |
| Oregon | 151 | #5 | #5 |
| Minnesota | 236 | #5 | #14 |
| Idaho | 78 | #8 | #10 |
| Iowa | 118 | #8 | #6 |
| New Hampshire | 59 | #8 | #5 |
| Vermont | 20 | #11 | #9 |
| Wyoming | 15 | #14 | #7 |
| Montana | 31 | #21 | #12 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 468 | #624 | 20,358 | #2 |
| 2024 | 542 | #561 | 20,409 | #2 |
| 2023 | 458 | #639 | 19,116 | #2 |
| 2022 | 480 | #618 | 18,758 | #2 |
| 2021 | 418 | #692 | 18,919 | #2 |
| 2020 | 308 | #874 | 18,464 | #2 |
| 2019 | 219 | #1,115 | 19,178 | #2 |
| 2018 | 175 | #1,308 | 18,441 | #2 |
| 2017 | 176 | #1,329 | 18,507 | #2 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,635 | 19,188 | #1 |
| 2015 | 137 | #1,590 | 19,680 | #1 |
| 2014 | 107 | #1,887 | 19,344 | #1 |
| 2013 | 80 | #2,322 | 18,291 | #1 |
| 2012 | 78 | #2,395 | 17,385 | #4 |
| 2011 | 79 | #2,363 | 16,883 | #5 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,379 | 16,481 | #7 |
| 2009 | 70 | #2,636 | 17,262 | #9 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,077 | 15,808 | #15 |
| 2007 | 92 | #2,173 | 16,605 | #14 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,166 | 16,342 | #15 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,925 | 13,905 | #23 |
| 2004 | 87 | #2,097 | 11,916 | #29 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,544 | 11,843 | #31 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,321 | 12,076 | #31 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,686 | 13,494 | #28 |
| 2000 | 64 | #2,420 | 14,282 | #27 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,559 | 14,931 | #24 |
| 1998 | 57 | #2,449 | 13,415 | #29 |
| 1997 | 63 | #2,190 | 9,280 | #38 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,836 | 7,184 | #50 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,965 | 3,824 | #99 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,631 | 2,081 | #159 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,613 | 1,504 | #202 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,545 | 1,424 | #217 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,869 | 1,316 | #225 |
| 1990 | 9 | #9,011 | 1,310 | #228 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,423 | 1,242 | #219 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,557 | 1,067 | #230 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,511 | 996 | #236 |
| 1986 | 12 | #6,039 | 1,038 | #227 |
| 1985 | — | — | 1,109 | #217 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,930 | 1,246 | #194 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,230 | 1,542 | #169 |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,120 | 1,817 | #154 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,490 | 1,400 | #180 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,611 | 928 | #241 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,544 | 913 | #240 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,760 | 689 | #283 |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,150 | 683 | #285 |
| 1976 | — | — | 543 | #324 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,113 | 580 | #311 |
| 1974 | — | — | 548 | #324 |
| 1973 | — | — | 492 | #345 |
| 1972 | — | — | 422 | #385 |
| 1971 | — | — | 478 | #367 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,838 | 340 | #445 |
| 1969 | — | — | 248 | #487 |
| 1968 | — | — | 174 | #574 |
| 1967 | — | — | 154 | #601 |
| 1966 | — | — | 157 | #598 |
| 1965 | — | — | 119 | #682 |
| 1964 | — | — | 138 | #660 |
| 1963 | — | — | 124 | #697 |
| 1962 | — | — | 140 | #656 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,248 | 126 | #683 |
| 1960 | — | — | 139 | #667 |
| 1959 | — | — | 153 | #625 |
| 1958 | — | — | 137 | #657 |
| 1957 | — | — | 153 | #622 |
| 1956 | — | — | 138 | #647 |
| 1955 | — | — | 133 | #646 |
| 1954 | — | — | 131 | #642 |
| 1953 | — | — | 161 | #562 |
| 1952 | — | — | 143 | #584 |
| 1951 | — | — | 154 | #549 |
| 1950 | — | — | 153 | #547 |
| 1949 | — | — | 149 | #548 |
| 1948 | — | — | 150 | #546 |
| 1947 | — | — | 156 | #540 |
| 1946 | — | — | 130 | #565 |
| 1945 | — | — | 133 | #518 |
| 1944 | — | — | 157 | #485 |
| 1943 | — | — | 155 | #498 |
| 1942 | — | — | 182 | #461 |
| 1941 | — | — | 161 | #469 |
| 1940 | — | — | 150 | #473 |
| 1939 | — | — | 122 | #516 |
| 1938 | — | — | 145 | #480 |
| 1937 | — | — | 143 | #476 |
| 1936 | — | — | 147 | #465 |
| 1935 | — | — | 175 | #422 |
| 1934 | — | — | 148 | #463 |
| 1933 | — | — | 173 | #411 |
| 1932 | — | — | 182 | #416 |
| 1931 | 6 | #4,212 | 180 | #421 |
| 1930 | — | — | 191 | #428 |
| 1929 | — | — | 197 | #421 |
| 1928 | — | — | 174 | #458 |
| 1927 | — | — | 236 | #385 |
| 1926 | — | — | 235 | #383 |
| 1925 | — | — | 219 | #405 |
| 1924 | — | — | 239 | #392 |
| 1923 | — | — | 259 | #370 |
| 1922 | — | — | 236 | #390 |
| 1921 | — | — | 247 | #384 |
| 1920 | — | — | 242 | #384 |
| 1919 | — | — | 253 | #363 |
| 1918 | — | — | 247 | #377 |
| 1917 | — | — | 219 | #382 |
| 1916 | — | — | 229 | #356 |
| 1915 | — | — | 189 | #391 |
| 1914 | — | — | 171 | #361 |
| 1913 | — | — | 141 | #348 |
| 1912 | — | — | 116 | #356 |
| 1911 | — | — | 82 | #293 |
| 1910 | — | — | 87 | #262 |
| 1909 | — | — | 62 | #286 |
| 1908 | — | — | 68 | #256 |
| 1907 | — | — | 61 | #271 |
| 1906 | — | — | 60 | #257 |
| 1905 | — | — | 60 | #253 |
| 1904 | — | — | 46 | #284 |
| 1903 | — | — | 48 | #267 |
| 1902 | — | — | 69 | #215 |
| 1901 | — | — | 56 | #232 |
| 1900 | — | — | 92 | #204 |
| 1899 | — | — | 47 | #245 |
| 1898 | — | — | 68 | #212 |
| 1897 | — | — | 58 | #229 |
| 1896 | — | — | 69 | #218 |
| 1895 | — | — | 72 | #202 |
| 1894 | — | — | 74 | #198 |
| 1893 | — | — | 69 | #205 |
| 1892 | — | — | 79 | #195 |
| 1891 | — | — | 76 | #170 |
| 1890 | — | — | 74 | #182 |
| 1889 | — | — | 85 | #159 |
| 1888 | — | — | 83 | #178 |
| 1887 | — | — | 94 | #138 |
| 1886 | — | — | 90 | #156 |
| 1885 | — | — | 76 | #174 |
| 1884 | — | — | 94 | #146 |
| 1883 | — | — | 81 | #159 |
| 1882 | — | — | 108 | #129 |
| 1881 | — | — | 81 | #152 |
| 1880 | — | — | 103 | #130 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).