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Noa

Noa was the #226 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,348 babies), and #227 in England & Wales and #193 in Canada.

Noa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Noa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
Noa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#226 (1,348)#227 (205)#149 (29)#290 (5)#381 (10)#193 (155)
2024#253 (1,266)#244 (197)#230 (16)#337 (4)#307 (13)#223 (130)
2023#298 (1,046)#228 (205)#152 (28)—#364 (10)#307 (99)
2022#298 (1,071)#247 (194)#200 (21)—#389 (10)#181 (154)
2021#328 (1,001)#264 (179)#286 (13)#446 (3)#464 (8)#255 (125)
2020#465 (664)#454 (90)#765 (3)#397 (3)#315 (13)#397 (79)
2019#566 (539)#432 (97)#343 (10)—#716 (4)#371 (86)
2018#655 (450)#415 (105)#502 (6)——#442 (73)
2017#727 (392)#609 (69)———#604 (50)
2016#724 (392)#544 (78)#585 (5)—#868 (3)#702 (42)
2015#763 (370)#625 (66)#806 (3)—#581 (6)#491 (66)
2014#933 (289)#715 (55)#681 (4)—#752 (4)#709 (40)
2013#1,005 (248)#1,253 (27)———#609 (48)
2012#1,044 (241)#902 (41)———#660 (44)
2011#1,050 (235)#1,043 (33)#579 (5)——#595 (48)

Noa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Noa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Noa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,005 (225)#668 (54)#560 (5)——#782 (34)
2024#980 (230)#638 (59)—#404 (3)#394 (9)#822 (31)
2023#1,271 (151)#651 (54)——#516 (6)#886 (27)
2022#1,330 (141)#670 (51)#590 (4)—#779 (3)#787 (32)
2021#1,678 (98)#676 (53)——#755 (3)#729 (37)
2020#2,235 (61)#1,019 (27)——#741 (3)#749 (33)
2019#1,868 (80)#952 (30)#701 (3)—#564 (5)#882 (26)
2018#2,147 (65)#851 (36)———#778 (31)
2017#2,450 (52)#1,178 (23)——#610 (4)#789 (31)
2016#2,047 (69)#903 (34)——#541 (5)#653 (40)
2015#2,169 (63)#1,186 (22)———#679 (38)
2014#2,154 (63)#1,061 (26)———#673 (38)
2013#1,964 (70)#910 (32)———#695 (35)
2012#2,036 (68)#1,086 (25)——#718 (3)#608 (40)
2011#1,755 (83)#999 (27)———#617 (40)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #226.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.
  • In 2025, 86% of US babies named Noa were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 620common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 970common
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Noa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Noa by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #296WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #169WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #328MNIllinois: #249ILMichigan: #424MINew York: #142NYMassachusetts: #196MAOregon: #207ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #199IAIndiana: #234INOhio: #276OHPennsylvania: #210PANew Jersey: #176NJConnecticut: #162CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #154CAUtah: #223UTColorado: #161CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #299MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #216VAMaryland: #156MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #219AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #315TNNorth Carolina: #259NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #272OKLouisiana: #254LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #236ALGeorgia: #323GAHawaii: #114HITexas: #358TXFlorida: #184FL
Noa (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
Quebec2025#19729
Ontario2024#24351

Noa (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
NoaCanadaGirls#193155
NoaCanadaBoys#78234
NoaEngland & WalesGirls#227205
NoaEngland & WalesBoys#66854
NoaIrelandGirls#38110
NoaIrelandBoys—too few
NoaNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
NoaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NoaScotlandGirls#14929
NoaScotlandBoys#5605
NoaUSGirls#2261,348
NoaUSBoys#1,005225