Names like Noah

In 2025, 20,358 boys born in the US were named Noah, #2 among boys' names.

It has been in the top 1,000 every year since records begin in 1880, and in the top 100 in 31 of those 146 years.

Its best rank was #1, every year from 2013 to 2016.

The most births in one year were 20,409, in 2024.

7 of the 12 names below have also been in the top 1,000 every year since 1880.

Noah's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #128
2. 1890
   #182
3. 1900
   #204
4. 1910
   #261
5. 1920
   #381
6. 1930
   #423
7. 1940
   #465
8. 1950
   #541
9. 1960
   #653
10. 1970
    #440
11. 1980
    #240
12. 1990
    #228
13. 2000
    #27
14. 2010
    #7
15. 2020
    #2
16. 2025
    #2

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Noah's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.