girls:
1k births since 1983
#4674 (18th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1983
#6697 (13th percentile)
The name Noura is the #6,697 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,042 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 13.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,674 (18.2% percentile) for all time with 1,042 births since 1983.
Noura first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (first recorded for girls in 1983). Birth data for Noura is available in 40 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Noura reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #886) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 43 births per million (ranked 7.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Noura ranks #888 for girls (6.2% percentile) with 37 births per million, which is 85.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Noura".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Noura. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.7% confident that Noura is pronounced as NUE-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NOO-ruh, at 39.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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