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Boy's name · #2 in the US (2025) · Trending
98% boys · 2% girls — Noah is also given to girls: 468 in 2025, about 1 in 40 in recent years. Noah →
Noah is climbing: on the charts since 1880, it is ranked #2 in 2025. It has spent 4 years as America's #1 name.
Rick Springfield joined General Hospital as Dr. Noah Drake in 1981. US births of Noah rose from 928 in 1980 to 1,817 in 1982.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states, the #1 boy's name in 9 of them. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Noah is a leading choice across several countries and regions, reaching #1 in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
#1 in Germany (2025) · #1 in Netherlands (2025) · #1 in Sweden (2025) · #1 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #1 in Belgium (2025) · #1 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #1 in Austria (2025) · #1 in Switzerland (2025) · #1 in Norway (2025) · #1 in Scotland (2025) · #1 in New Zealand (2025) · #1 in N. Ireland (2025) and 16 more.
Among 1,027 notable people named Noah:
Sports figures appear 2.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Noah Lyles, American sprinter.
Popular twin pairings with Noah include Nathan, Jacob, and Ethan for boys, and Sophia, Emma, and Naomi for girls.
Similar names: Elijah · Nolan · Levi · Ethan · Jack · Benjamin
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