girls:
9.2k births since 1970
#1683 (71st percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1978
#2825 (38th percentile)
overall:
11.2k births since 1970
#2485 (68th percentile)
The name Noa is the #2,485 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,171 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 67.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,683 (70.6% percentile) for all time with 9,193 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #2,825 (38.4% percentile) for all time with 1,978 births since 1978.
Noa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1978 for boys). Birth data for Noa is available in 48 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (46 years for girls and 39 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Noa has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 87.3% of babies named Noa were girls.
For girls, Noa reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 70.4% percentile (ranked #284) with 596 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 596 births per million (ranked 70.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1989, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Noa is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #282 (70.3% percentile) with 595 births per million.
For boys, Noa reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 16.0% percentile (ranked #765) with 82 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 82 births per million (ranked 16.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Noa is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #765 (16.0% percentile) with 82 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Noa".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Noa is pronounced as NOH-uh, which has 2 syllables.
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