How rare is the name Noa?

7,752 people in the United States have the first name Noa, about 1 in 38,962. It ranks #2,928 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NOA

#2,928

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,752
About
1 in 38,962
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,752 people named Noa, 57.3% reported their origin as White, 20.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.8% as two or more races. 73.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Noa peaked in 2025, when 1,573 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,573
In 2025*
1,573
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 14,249 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Noa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #546. The largest share of babies named Noa, 73.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#15,34527
1980s#9,381111
1990s#4,047542
2000s#1,9112,216
2010s#1,3324,051
2020s#5467,302
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–962.2%
Generation Z 1997–1224.2%
2013 and later73.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Noa is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Noa has been most common in Hawaii (8.9×), Florida (2.2×), and District of Columbia (2×), and least common in Arkansas (0.23×).

11,885 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Noa

#2,926 Inna · 7,760#2,927 Alphonso · 7,754#2,929 Dominga · 7,738#2,930 Jessy · 7,736

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Noa, most common first.

#129 Noah · 372,421#1,186 Noe · 33,233#9,056 Noha · 1,565#10,085 Nou · 1,340#16,110 Noy · 705#18,260 Noi · 592#32,331 Noya · 261#44,078 Noh · 158

Also a last name

As a last name, Noa ranks #20,578 of 156,621, with 1,304 people. See Noa as a last name

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