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Noa

Meaning
Rest; comfort
Origin
Variant of Noah (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #226 in the US (2025) · Trending

87% girls · 13% boys — Noa is also given to boys: 225 in 2025, about 13% in recent years. Noa →

Popularity over time

Noa is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1970, it stood at #226 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 12,000 girls have been named Noa along the way.

Across the states

See where Noa is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#25 in Spain (2024) · #44 in Netherlands (2025) · #149 in Scotland (2025) · #158 in Ecuador (2025) · #159 in Belgium (2025) · #174 in France (2025) · #177 in Slovenia (2025) · #201 in Switzerland (2025) · #228 in England & Wales (2025) · #262 in New Zealand (2025) · #322 in N. Ireland (2025) · #407 in Ireland (2025) and 3 more.

Famous Noas

In stories & tradition

What Noas become

Among 272 notable people named Noa:

Entertainers appear 2.94× more often than among typical names — e.g. Noa Kirel, Israeli singer, actress, dancer, and television host.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Noah (#624), Noa would rank around #168 with about 1,800 births last year — the newborns split about 74/26 between Noa and Noah.

Similar names: Noah · Elianna · Norah · Koa · Anaya · Zara

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