How rare is the name Noor?

10,240 people in the United States have the first name Noor, about 1 in 29,495. It ranks #2,426 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NOOR

#2,426

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,240
About
1 in 29,495
This common or more
79.7%
Who bears it

Of the 10,240 people named Noor, 55.8% reported their origin as White, 30.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.9% as Black. 80.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Noor peaked in 2025, when 478 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19792025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
478
In 2025*
478
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 9,353 babies have been given the name since 1979. 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.

Noor by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,360. The largest share of babies named Noor, 49.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#22,3077
1980s#4,862298
1990s#2,3751,209
2000s#1,7922,410
2010s#1,6792,995
2020s#1,3602,434
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–9610.8%
Generation Z 1997–1239.3%
2013 and later49.7%

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 Noor is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Noor has been most common in Virginia (2.7×), Michigan (2.4×), and New Jersey (1.9×), and least common in Indiana (0.28×).

6,831 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 Noor

#2,424 Alessandro · 10,245#2,425 Sharlene · 10,243#2,427 Major · 10,232#2,428 Campbell · 10,224

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,368 Nour · 4,306#12,315 Noora · 1,014#18,901 Nor · 566#37,148 Noori · 211

Also a last name

As a last name, Noor ranks #7,030 of 156,621, with 4,605 people. See Noor as a last name

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