Noah

Noah was the #2 boys' name in the US in 2025 (20,358 babies), and #2 in England & Wales and #1 in Canada.

Noah as a boy’s name

US
England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
VIC

Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear 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

Year	US	England & Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Ireland	Canada	NSW	VIC
2025	#2 (20,358)	#2 (4,075)	#1 (318)	#1 (170)	#3 (436)	#1 (2,190)	#1 (589)	#1 (511)
2024	#2 (20,409)	#2 (4,139)	#1 (366)	#3 (139)	#2 (486)	#1 (2,112)	#1 (556)	#2 (462)
2023	#2 (19,116)	#2 (4,382)	#2 (336)	#1 (152)	#2 (473)	#1 (2,166)	#2 (537)	#2 (461)
2022	#2 (18,758)	#1 (4,586)	#1 (373)	#3 (146)	#2 (485)	#1 (2,223)	#1 (630)	#2 (503)
2021	#2 (18,919)	#1 (4,525)	#2 (337)	#2 (191)	#2 (475)	#1 (2,444)	#2 (633)	#2 (522)
2020	#2 (18,464)	#4 (4,042)	#2 (299)	#3 (174)	#3 (447)	#2 (2,127)	#2 (593)	#2 (491)
2019	#2 (19,178)	#3 (4,265)	#8 (272)	#3 (197)	#3 (502)	#2 (2,230)	#2 (573)	#3 (459)
2018	#2 (18,441)	#4 (4,107)	#9 (284)	#1 (217)	#3 (494)	#3 (2,055)	#3 (539)	#4 (355)
2017	#2 (18,507)	#4 (4,273)	#6 (318)	#3 (189)	#6 (442)	#2 (2,099)	#3 (541)	#4 (372)
2016	#1 (19,188)	#6 (4,305)	#5 (307)	#5 (201)	#6 (446)	#3 (2,065)	#3 (537)	#4 (373)
2015	#1 (19,680)	#7 (4,148)	#15 (265)	#3 (225)	#7 (438)	#3 (1,980)	#4 (522)	#5 (320)
2014	#1 (19,344)	#11 (4,085)	#7 (321)	#6 (190)	#8 (434)	#4 (1,915)	#3 (559)	#4 (374)
2013	#1 (18,291)	#13 (3,830)	#13 (282)	#6 (188)	#10 (418)	#4 (1,984)	#4 (562)	#7 (368)
2012	#4 (17,385)	#14 (3,912)	#29 (240)	#10 (171)	#19 (390)	#6 (1,913)	#3 (574)	#6 (409)
2011	#5 (16,883)	#16 (3,287)	#38 (198)	#13 (155)	#23 (333)	#7 (1,864)	#7 (542)	#5 (390)

The tide so far

Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 84 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 12. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
US	Boys	2025	about 1 in 84	very common
England & Wales	Boys	2025	about 1 in 67	very common
Scotland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 62	very common
Northern Ireland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 49	very common
Ireland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 54	very common
Canada	Boys	2025	about 1 in 73	very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Noah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 81 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 78 to 1 in 84.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Noah (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.

#1–10
#11–50
#51–100
#101–500
below #500

Across Canada

Province	Year	Rank	Babies
Ontario	2024	#1	868
Quebec	2025	#1	618

Noah (boys): 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.

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Noah	Canada	Girls	#799	36
Noah	Canada	Boys	#1	2,190
Noah	England & Wales	Girls	#1,892	15
Noah	England & Wales	Boys	#2	4,075
Noah	Ireland	Boys	#3	436
Noah	Northern Ireland	Girls	—	too few
Noah	Northern Ireland	Boys	#1	170
Noah	NSW	Boys	#1	589
Noah	Scotland	Girls	—	too few
Noah	Scotland	Boys	#1	318
Noah	US	Girls	#624	468
Noah	US	Boys	#2	20,358
Noah	VIC	Boys	#1	511