How rare is the name Nour?

4,306 people in the United States have the first name Nour, about 1 in 70,142. It ranks #4,368 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NOUR

#4,368

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,306
About
1 in 70,142
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,306 people named Nour, 88.3% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. 81.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nour peaked in 2025, when 148 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19812025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
148
In 2025*
148
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 3,462 babies have been given the name since 1981. 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.

Nour by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,046. The largest share of babies named Nour, 45.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#10,86288
1990s#3,964559
2000s#3,1961,061
2010s#3,549999
2020s#3,046755
Millennials 1981–9612.1%
Generation Z 1997–1245.5%
2013 and later42.4%

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 Nour is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nour has been most common in Michigan (5.4×), New Jersey (2.9×), and New York (2.2×), and least common in Ohio (0.52×).

1,825 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.

Exactly as common as Nour

1 other first name also has 4,306 people.

#4,368 Shiela · 4,306

Either side of Nour

#4,366 Deshaun · 4,309#4,366 Sachin · 4,309#4,368 Shiela · 4,306#4,370 Chao · 4,305

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,426 Noor · 10,240#9,447 Noura · 1,469#18,901 Nor · 566#38,422 Nouri · 200

Also a last name

As a last name, Nour ranks #28,554 of 156,621, with 888 people. See Nour as a last name

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