How Many People Are Named Nou?
people named Nou are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 860,919 people in the US has this name
Based on 408 babies named Nou in Social Security records from 1979 to 2000, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
39 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "sun" in Hmong.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Nou, 86.5% were girls and 13.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Nou fell from 92.5% in the 1980s to 81.3% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nou alive today is about 35 years old, and 87% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nou first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 1991, to 39 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2000.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2000
🏆 Rank History
Nou has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,200, in 1988. Among boys, its best rank was #4,774, in 1992.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,200 (1988) | #4,774 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,178 in the 1990s | #8,595 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nou alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nou were born in California than in any other state: about 154 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nou was given about 5.1 times as often in California.
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