Noah

“Rest; comfort” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #624 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Noah reached its best rank, #561, in 2024 and ranked #624 in 2025. About 5,000 girls have carried it since 1931. About 98% of babies named Noah in recent years have been boys. Together with its spelling variant Noa (#226), Noah would rank around #168 with about 1,800 births last year — the newborns split about 74/26 between Noa and Noah.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,900 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 8,200 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 17,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Noahs

Noah Cyrus — American singer and actress
Noah Lamanna — Canadian actor
Noah D. Comstock — American farmer and politician (1832-1890)

In stories & tradition

Noah Burstein — fictional human
Noah Hunter — Beverly Hills, 90210
Noah Brown — Action Taimanin

What Noahs become

Among 1,027 notable people named Noah:

Entertainers appear 1.27× more often than among typical names — e.g. Noah Cyrus, American singer and actress.

Similar names: Noa · Ezra · Novah · Juno · Nyomi · Ariah

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