NameTides

Nour

Nour was the #1,525 girls' name in the US in 2025 (139 babies), and #661 in England & Wales and #340 in Canada.

Nour as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nour as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nour as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,525 (139)#661 (57)——#340 (93)
2024#1,852 (108)#1,036 (33)#541 (5)#898 (3)#394 (77)
2023#1,878 (106)#921 (38)#749 (3)—#417 (70)
2022#1,907 (105)#826 (43)——#398 (76)
2021#1,943 (101)#884 (40)#792 (3)#883 (3)#607 (49)
2020#2,170 (83)#792 (46)#765 (3)—#419 (73)
2019#2,155 (86)#1,017 (34)——#372 (85)
2018#2,159 (87)#1,035 (34)—#896 (3)#375 (87)
2017#2,144 (89)#1,296 (26)——#454 (72)
2016#2,206 (87)#1,172 (29)——#414 (82)
2015#2,025 (97)#1,168 (29)#806 (3)—#430 (77)
2014#2,560 (69)#1,411 (22)——#340 (99)
2013#2,364 (77)#1,253 (27)——#410 (79)
2012#2,449 (75)#1,483 (21)——#370 (87)
2011#2,511 (72)#1,729 (16)——#309 (107)

Nour as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nour as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Nour as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#8,243 (9)—#2,789 (6)
2024#3,986 (27)#3,689 (5)—
2023#5,075 (19)#4,108 (4)#2,614 (6)
2022#4,442 (23)—#2,493 (6)
2021#5,776 (15)#3,451 (5)#2,812 (5)
2020#4,698 (20)#3,848 (4)#2,197 (7)
2019#4,337 (23)#2,728 (7)—
2018#6,703 (12)#3,959 (4)—
2017#4,594 (21)#4,812 (3)#2,439 (6)
2016#6,053 (14)#3,079 (6)#2,182 (7)
2015#4,407 (22)#4,747 (3)—
2014#5,733 (15)#2,690 (7)#1,936 (8)
2013#5,659 (15)——
2012#6,626 (12)#3,039 (6)#1,781 (9)
2011#4,509 (21)—#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,525.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.
  • In 2025, 94% of US babies named Nour were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nour is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nour by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #638MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,268TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Nour (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#14438
Ontario2024#61620

Nour (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
NourCanadaGirls#34093
NourCanadaBoys#2,7896
NourEngland & WalesGirls#66157
NourEngland & WalesBoys—too few
NourIrelandGirls—too few
NourNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NourNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NourScotlandGirls—too few
NourUSGirls#1,525139
NourUSBoys#8,2439