Noah
Top 1000
About Noah
Noah is nearly a patriarch of popular baby names at this point, going from Old Testament graybeard to Top 10 name in 2009, hitting Number 1 in 2013, and now settled into second place in the US for the past eight years.
Noah was derived from the Hebrew name Noach, which itself came from the root nuach, meaning "rest," although some sources claim it can also carry the opposite meaning, "motion." In the Bible, Noah was deemed the only righteous man of his time, singled out by God to survive the great flood sent to punish the world. He built his famous ark, onto which he herded a pair of every animal.
A generation or two ago, Noah seemed far too antiquated to become a popular name. But now, along with brethren Abraham, Moses, and even Elijah, it's eminently baby-worthy.
Noah's popularity is widely international, ranking highly in all English-speaking countries along with France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Noah is also a top name in countries as diverse as Belgium and Brazil, Norway and Chile.
Actor Rupert Graves and singer Michael Buble both have sons named Noah. Billy Ray Cyrus, responsible for the name Miley, crossed gender lines to call another of his daughters Noah.
The feminine homonym Noa -- which isn't a form of the Biblical male Noah (it's a separate female name from the Old Testament) -- is currently the most popular girls' name in Israel. It is however the Welsh form of masculine Noah too, and as such, a Top 100 choice in Wales, making it a perfect legitimate spelling for boys.
With its soft sounds and vowel ending, Noah has also brought with it a number of gentler boys names, such as Asher, Ezra, Luca, Jonah, and Koa.
Pronounced NO-uh.
As of October 2026, Noah ranked #2 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1 in 2013, Nameberry popularity #21.
Editor's take: The name Noah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest, repose".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1 | 19,338 | 10,067.3 |
| 2015 | #1 | 19,678 | 10,266.4 |
| 2016 | #1 | 19,187 | 10,110.5 |
| 2017 | #2 | 18,502 | 9,995.9 |
| 2018 | #2 | 18,429 | 10,147.2 |
| 2019 | #2 | 19,172 | 10,685.4 |
| 2020 | #2 | 18,451 | 10,689.6 |
| 2021 | #2 | 18,906 | 10,806.6 |
| 2022 | #2 | 18,735 | 10,730.2 |
| 2023 | #2 | 19,088 | 11,158.8 |
| 2024 | #2 | 20,337 | 11,804 |
| 2025 | #2 | 20,358 | 11,918.7 |
World rankings
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Noah on lists
Famous Noahs
- Noah
Biblical ark,builder
- Noah Gregory Centineo (b. 1996)
American actor
- Noah Webster
American lexicographer
- Noah Nicholas Beery
American actor
- Noah Lindsey Beery
American actor
- Noah Strausser Speer Wyle
American actor
- Noah Mills
Canadian,American male model
- Noah Raymond Brickley aka Noah23
Canadian,American rapper
- Noah Munck
American actor
- Noah Benjamin Lennox aka Panda Bear
American musician of Animal Collective
- Noah Gray
Cabey, American actor and pianist
- Noah George Taylor
English,Australian actor
- Noah Baumbach
American film director
- Noah Shebib aka 40
Canadian music producer
- Noah Sierota
American bassist for band Echosmith
- Noah Lowry
American baseball pitcher
- Noah Edelman (b. 1978)
son of singer Jackie DeShannon and Randy Edelman
- Noah Hutton (b. 1987)
son of actors Timothy Hutton and Debra Winger
- Noah Becker (b. 1994)
son of model Barbara Becker and tennis player Boris Becker
- Noah Duguay (b. 1995)
son of model Kim Alexis and ice hockey player Ron Duguay
- Noah Tinsley (b. 1999)
son of violinist Boyd Tinsley of the Dave Matthews Band
- Noah Weiland (b. 2000)
son of late singer Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots
- Noah Yorke (b. 2001)
son of singer Thom Yorke of Radiohead
- Noah Vaughn Atwood (b. 2003)
son of YouTuber Roman Atwood
- Noah Corfield (b. 2004)
son of actress Sunetra Sarker and Nick Corfield
- Noah Etienne Guillaume Gabriel Matthias Xavier de Nassau (b. 2007)
Prince of Luxembourg, son of Prince Louis
- Noah Graves (b. 2007)
son of English actor Rupert Graves
- Noah Shaaban (b. 2008)
son of footballer Rami Shaaban
- Noah Angel Solomon (b. 2009)
octuplet of Octomom Nadya Suleman
- Noah Roger Deffenbaugh (b. 2009)
son of singer Jo Dee Messina
- Noah Nicholas Martin Evans (b. 2009)
son of TV presenter Chris Evans
- Noah Monteiro (b. 2009)
son of racing driver Tiago Monteiro
- Noah James Finder (b. 2010)
son of Jordan Ward,Finder and Brian Finder of TV's "16 and Pregnant"
- Noah Matthew Smith (b. 2010)
son of Jennifer del Rio and Joshua Smith of TV's "16 and Pregnant;" twin of brother Joshua Devan Smith
- Noah Shannon Green (b. 2012)
son of actors Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox
- Noah Rev Maurer (b. 2012)
son of actor Josh Lucas
- Noah Phoenix Mazur (b. 2012)
son of model and actress Alessandra Ambrosio
- Noah Buble (b. 2013)
son of singer Michael Buble
- Noah Santiago Tisdelle (b. 2013)
son of actress Michelle Morgan and Derek Tisdelle
- Noah Vick (b. 2014)
son of TV personality Kalenna Harper and Tony Vick
- Noah Murphy (b. 2014)
son of baseball player Daniel Murphy
- Noah Dalton (b. 2014)
son of NFL player Andy Dalton
- Noah Soares (b. 2015)
son of tennis player Bruno Soares
- Noah Atweh (b. 2015)
son of singers Sandy Molling and Nasri Tony Atweh
- Noah Grossman
American YouTuber and member of Smosh
- Noah Russell Westbrook (b. 2017)
son of American pro basketball player Russell Westbrook
- Noah Schnapp
American actor
- Noah Hanifin
American ice hockey player
- Noah Dobson
Canadian ice hockey player
Noah in pop culture
- Noah Puckerman
character on Fox's "Glee"
- Noah Calhoun
main character in book/movie "The Notebook"
- Noah St. Clair
military surgeon and Velvare's messenger in "The Silver Eye," a webcomic by Laura Hollingsworth
- Noah MacManus
father from the Boondock Saints movie series
- Noah Bennet
character on NBC's "Heroes"
- Noah Claypole
character in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist
- Noah (or Noa) Kaiba
character from anime ""Yu,Gi,Oh!"
- Noah Curtis
character in the movie "2012"
- Noah Sweetwine
character in Jandy Nelson's "I'll Give You The Sun"
- Noah Gallagher
main character in Betsy Cornwell's "Tides"
- Noah Lawson
character in Australian soap "Home & Away"
- Noah Vosen
character in movie "The Bourne Ultimatum"
- Noah and the Whale
English indie folk band
- Noah Beckett
main character on TV's "Second Noah"
- Noah Daniels
character on Fox's "24"
- Noah Drake
character on soap "General Hospital"
- Noah Bennett
character on NBC's "Passions"
- Noah fon Ronsenburg aka Gabranth
character in video game "Final Fantasy XII"
- Noah Joad
character in book/movie "The Grapes of Wrath"
- Noah Hicks
character on ABC's "Alias"
- Noah Keller
main character in movie "The Ring"
- Noah
main character in anime "Monsuno"
- Noah King
character on animated series "Noah and Saskia"
- Noah Kuttler
supervillain in DC Comics
- Noah Mayer
character on soap "As the World Turns"
- Noah Newman
character on soap "The Young and the Restless"
- Noah Nichols
character on TV's "Noah's Arc"
- Noah Parker
character in animated series "Atomic Betty"
- Noah Tate
character on British soap "Emmerdale"
- Noah Taylor
character on TV's "Desperate Housewives"
- Noah
minor character on anime "Fullmetal Alchemist"
- Noah
character on animated series "Total Drama Island"
- Noah
character in Anthony Horowitz's book series The Power of Five
- Noah Jackson
character on Family's "The Latest Buzz"
- Noah Underwood
main character in Carl Hiaasen's "Flush"
- Noah Elliot Simon Shaw
character from the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
- Noah Foster
a main character on MTV's "Scream: The TV Series"
- "Noah
" 2014 movie about the Biblical Noah
- Noah Stilinski
character on MTV's "Teen Wolf"
- Noah Flynn
character in ''The kissing booth''
- Noah de Clevedon
character in "The Madness" by Alison Rattle