Noor
Top 1000
About Noor
An interesting name associated with the elegant American-born Queen Noor of Jordan. Noor is very popular among modern Muslim parents around the world and is beginning to cross over, perhaps because of its simplicity and its resemblance to the stylish Western Nora. It appeared in the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2015.
As of October 2026, Noor ranked #659 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Editor's take: The name Noor is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "light".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,021 | 256 | 143.3 |
| 2015 | #990 | 273 | 152.9 |
| 2016 | #903 | 308 | 173.8 |
| 2017 | #875 | 313 | 181.3 |
| 2018 | #855 | 317 | 186.4 |
| 2019 | #932 | 284 | 169.2 |
| 2020 | #886 | 301 | 186.2 |
| 2021 | #854 | 321 | 195.6 |
| 2022 | #774 | 368 | 224.4 |
| 2023 | #793 | 355 | 221.2 |
| 2024 | #709 | 395 | 243.8 |
| 2025 | #659 | 435 | 270.6 |
World rankings
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Noor on lists
Famous Noors
- Noor (born Lisa Najeeb Halaby)
American,born Queen consort of Hussein of Jordan
- Noor
un,Nissa, birth name of Katherine Aurora "Kitty" Kirkpatrick, English lover of Thomas Carlyle
- Noor
un,Nisa Inayat Khan, British World War II spy
- Noor Bukhari
Pakistani actress
- Noor Jehan (born Allah Rakhi Wasai) aka Malika
e,Tarannum, Pakistani singer and actress
- Noor de Groot "Queen of Jetlags
" Dutch vlogger, blogger and influencer
- Noor Ahad Clifford
(b. 2018) son of MSNBC anchor Yasmin Vossoughian
Noor in pop culture
- Noore Najjar
character in the game "Far Cry 4"
- Noor Pradesh
character from the "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" series by Ransom Riggs