How Many People Are Named Noam?
people named Noam are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 110,717 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,146 babies named Noam in Social Security records from 1961 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
163 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "pleasantness" in Hebrew. A famous bearer is Noam Chomsky (1928-), an American linguist and philosopher.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Noam, 7.8% were girls and 92.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 3.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Noam alive today is about 16 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Noam first appears in the records in 1961, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 163 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Noam has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,273, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,273.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,273 |
| Best rank | #1,273 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,615 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Noam alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Noam were born in New York than in any other state: about 739 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Noam was given 7.2 times as often in New York, 3 times in New Jersey and 2.1 times in Maryland.
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