Naomi

Naomi was the #47 girls' name in the US in 2025 (4,644 babies), and #166 in England & Wales and #72 in Canada.

Naomi as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Naomi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesNorthern Ireland
Naomi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#47 (4,644)#166 (296)#140 (31)#290 (5)#148 (31)#72 (332)—
2024#44 (4,621)#204 (244)#176 (23)#253 (6)#171 (26)#63 (361)—
2023#44 (4,502)#185 (273)#204 (20)#328 (4)#137 (34)#71 (335)—
2022#46 (4,503)#177 (288)#179 (24)#305 (5)#150 (35)#72 (341)—
2021#54 (4,275)#165 (313)#225 (18)#190 (10)#165 (29)#74 (354)—
2020#52 (4,120)#185 (267)#115 (39)#166 (11)#142 (35)#72 (343)—
2019#59 (3,956)#166 (305)#123 (39)#213 (8)#196 (25)#79 (325)—
2018#64 (3,855)#178 (299)#178 (25)#179 (11)#169 (31)#82 (317)—
2017#69 (3,866)#171 (318)#169 (28)#174 (12)#172 (30)#83 (327)—
2016#75 (3,808)#168 (330)#142 (34)#129 (17)#187 (27)#87 (340)—
2015#75 (3,775)#158 (344)#139 (35)#97 (26)#165 (35)#78 (352)—
2014#80 (3,716)#147 (379)#119 (41)#136 (17)#162 (36)#81 (343)—
2013#86 (3,455)#140 (376)#105 (45)#116 (19)#185 (31)#79 (336)—
2012#79 (3,432)#139 (409)#115 (42)#94 (27)#118 (52)#95 (301)—
2011#93 (3,195)#140 (405)#104 (44)#84 (29)#140 (43)#85 (319)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #47.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 350 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 350common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 860common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 580common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 680common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 450common

Next year

On its recent trend, Naomi is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 330 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 330 to 1 in 340.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Naomi by state, 2025Alaska: #38AKMaine: #153MEWisconsin: #63WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #95NHWashington: #35WAIdaho: #124IDMontana: #33MTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #74MNIllinois: #48ILMichigan: #59MINew York: #55NYMassachusetts: #67MAOregon: #36ORNevada: #42NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #68SDIowa: #90IAIndiana: #47INOhio: #38OHPennsylvania: #41PANew Jersey: #59NJConnecticut: #79CTRhode Island: #78RICalifornia: #49CAUtah: #105UTColorado: #55CONebraska: #132NEMissouri: #37MOKentucky: #50KYWest Virginia: #50WVVirginia: #21VAMaryland: #19MDDelaware: #66DEArizona: #54AZNew Mexico: #46NMKansas: #40KSArkansas: #27ARTennessee: #36TNNorth Carolina: #21NCSouth Carolina: #18SCDistrict of Columbia: #16DCOklahoma: #46OKLouisiana: #29LAMississippi: #13MSAlabama: #56ALGeorgia: #17GAHawaii: #26HITexas: #49TXFlorida: #48FL
Naomi (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#52160
Quebec2025#14737

Naomi (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NaomiCanadaGirls#72332
NaomiEngland & WalesGirls#166296
NaomiIrelandGirls#14831
NaomiNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
NaomiNSWGirls—too few
NaomiScotlandGirls#14031
NaomiUSGirls#474,644
NaomiUSBoys#12,0085