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Noah

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~518,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2 among boys
Births in 2025
20,826 534,622 since 1880
Typical age
13 years, median

Noah popularity over time

Noah rank by birth year, 1880–2025Noah ranked #126 in 1880 and #2 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1, in 2013.#1#10#100#2best #1 in 201318901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Noah was used most in 2024, when 20,951 babies were given the name. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 31 separate years.

The 2025 position is #2, on 20,826 births.

Babies named Noah per yearPeaks at 20,951 births in 2024.20,951 in 2024018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Noah?

About 518,900 people named Noah are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 534,622 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Noah?

The typical living Noah is 13 years old. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Noah a current name.

Your Noah

Ages of living people named NoahHalf of living Noahs are older than 13 and half younger.median 13020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Noah is most common

Relative to births, Rhode Island carries 2.0× the national share of Noahs. Delaware, Hawaii and Connecticut follow.

Where Noah is used more than average5 states use the name Noah more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 1.7× the national rateCTRhode Island: 2.0× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.8× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 1.6× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 1.8× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Noah is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Rhode Island 673 2.0×
Delaware 574 1.8×
Hawaii 620 1.8×
Connecticut 2,405 1.7×
District of Columbia 582 1.6×

Noah in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Noah ranked #2 in 2025 on 4,090 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Noah comes from

From Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Noah

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Noah Webster American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author 1758–1843 54
Noah Cyrus American singer and actress 2000 50
Noah Lyles American sprinter 1997 45
Noah Wyle American actor 1971 44
Noah Centineo American actor 1996 44
Noah Okafor Swiss association football player 2000 41
Noah Baumbach American filmmaker 1969 39
Noah Emmerich American actor 1965 31
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 3,844 in 1995 to 7,227 in 1996 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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