How common is the name Noah?

372,421 people in the United States have the first name Noah, about 1 in 811. It ranks #129 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NOAH

#129

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
372,421
About
1 in 811
This common or more
34.2%
Who bears it

Of the 372,421 people named Noah, 62.3% reported their origin as White, 19.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.7% as Black. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Noah peaked in 2024, when 20,951 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
20,951
In 2025*
20,826 ▼1%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 534,622 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Noah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2. The largest share of babies named Noah, 47.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#357895
1890s#545686
1900s#668622
1910s#7811,734
1920s#8372,284
1930s#9531,612
1940s#1,1081,523
1950s#1,3821,456
1960s#1,4251,524
1970s#7055,726
1980s#42212,488
1990s#12856,578
2000s#31144,153
2010s#3184,643
2020s#2118,698
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.8%
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–965.7%
Generation Z 1997–1243.6%
2013 and later47.2%

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 Noah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Noah has been most common in Nevada (2.3×), Florida (1.7×), and Hawaii (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.58×).

528,140 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 Noah

#127 Alex · 373,467#128 Jeremy · 372,715#130 Cheryl · 372,341#131 Diana · 369,707

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,928 Noa · 7,752#40,852 Noeh · 181#44,078 Noh · 158

Also a last name

As a last name, Noah ranks #6,459 of 156,621, with 5,059 people. See Noah as a last name

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