How Many People Are Named Noah?
people named Noah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 659 people in the US has this name
Based on 534,622 babies named Noah in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
20,951 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Noah, 1% were girls and 99% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Noah alive today is about 15 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Noah first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 20,951 babies. In 2025, 20,826 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Noah was the #1 boys' name in the US in 2013 to 2016. It was in the top 10 for 17 years, 2009 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #2.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2 |
| Best rank | #1 (2013 to 2016) |
| Years at #1 | 4 |
| Years in the top 10 | 17 |
| Years in the top 100 | 31 (1995 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Noah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Noah were born in California than in any other state: about 65,344 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Noah was given 1.9 times as often in Hawaii, 1.7 times in Vermont and 1.5 times in Maine.
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