How popular is “Noah” in the USA?
Number of people named “Noah” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Noah” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Noah” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Noah” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Noah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Noah” by birth year
This chart shows how “Noah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 103 | 0.000511207 | 103 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 81 | 0.000420369 | 81 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 108 | 0.000487512 | 108 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 81 | 0.000373365 | 81 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 94 | 0.000386099 | 94 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 76 | 0.000315544 | 76 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 90 | 0.000352504 | 90 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 94 | 0.000379964 | 94 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 83 | 0.000277153 | 83 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 85 | 0.000294173 | 85 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 74 | 0.00024552 | 74 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 76 | 0.00026511 | 76 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 79 | 0.000236262 | 79 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 69 | 0.000212162 | 69 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 74 | 0.000218489 | 74 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 72 | 0.000205117 | 72 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 69 | 0.000193016 | 69 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 58 | 0.000167168 | 58 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 68 | 0.000178265 | 68 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 47 | 0.000138547 | 47 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 92 | 0.000204327 | 92 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 56 | 0.000161938 | 56 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 69 | 0.000178418 | 69 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 48 | 0.000125918 | 48 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 46 | 0.000114007 | 46 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 60 | 0.000141535 | 60 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 60 | 0.000140039 | 60 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 61 | 0.000131073 | 61 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 68 | 0.000139159 | 68 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 62 | 0.000121278 | 62 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 87 | 0.00014728 | 87 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 82 | 0.000127274 | 82 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 116 | 0.000117402 | 116 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 141 | 0.000123999 | 141 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 171 | 0.000120733 | 171 | -100% | |
| 1915 | 189 | 0.000103142 | 189 | -100% | |
| 1916 | 229 | 0.000118382 | 229 | -100% | |
| 1917 | 219 | 0.000109132 | 219 | -100% | |
| 1918 | 247 | 0.000113767 | 247 | -100% | |
| 1919 | 253 | 0.000119891 | 253 | -100% | |
| 1920 | 242 | 0.000106955 | 242 | -100% | |
| 1921 | 247 | 0.000105804 | 247 | -100% | |
| 1922 | 236 | 0.000103095 | 236 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 259 | 0.000112487 | 259 | -100% | |
| 1924 | 239 | 0.000100352 | 239 | -100% | |
| 1925 | 219 | 0.000093858 | 219 | -100% | |
| 1926 | 235 | 0.000102356 | 235 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 236 | 0.000101752 | 236 | -100% | |
| 1928 | 174 | 0.000076959 | 174 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 197 | 0.000089866 | 197 | -100% | |
| 1930 | 191 | 0.000085909 | 191 | -100% | |
| 1931 | 186 | 0.000088387 | 6 | 180 | -94% |
| 1932 | 182 | 0.000086203 | 182 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 173 | 0.000086524 | 173 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 148 | 0.000071263 | 148 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 175 | 0.000083736 | 175 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 147 | 0.000070755 | 147 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 143 | 0.000067115 | 143 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 145 | 0.000065535 | 145 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 122 | 0.000055368 | 122 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 150 | 0.000065141 | 150 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 161 | 0.00006608 | 161 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 182 | 0.000066622 | 182 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 155 | 0.000054915 | 155 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 157 | 0.000058363 | 157 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 133 | 0.000050134 | 133 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 130 | 0.000040685 | 130 | -100% | |
| 1947 | 156 | 0.000043305 | 156 | -100% | |
| 1948 | 150 | 0.000043447 | 150 | -100% | |
| 1949 | 149 | 0.000042757 | 149 | -100% | |
| 1950 | 153 | 0.000043672 | 153 | -100% | |
| 1951 | 154 | 0.000041805 | 154 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 143 | 0.000037651 | 143 | -100% | |
| 1953 | 161 | 0.000041779 | 161 | -100% | |
| 1954 | 131 | 0.000032909 | 131 | -100% | |
| 1955 | 133 | 0.000033125 | 133 | -100% | |
| 1956 | 138 | 0.00003347 | 138 | -100% | |
| 1957 | 153 | 0.00003641 | 153 | -100% | |
| 1958 | 137 | 0.000033141 | 137 | -100% | |
| 1959 | 153 | 0.000036797 | 153 | -100% | |
| 1960 | 139 | 0.000033463 | 139 | -100% | |
| 1961 | 131 | 0.000031625 | 5 | 126 | -92% |
| 1962 | 140 | 0.000034693 | 140 | -100% | |
| 1963 | 124 | 0.000031327 | 124 | -100% | |
| 1964 | 138 | 0.000035497 | 138 | -100% | |
| 1965 | 120 | 0.000033099 | 120 | -100% | |
| 1966 | 157 | 0.000045171 | 157 | -100% | |
| 1967 | 154 | 0.000045362 | 154 | -100% | |
| 1968 | 174 | 0.000051503 | 174 | -100% | |
| 1969 | 247 | 0.000071073 | 247 | -100% | |
| 1970 | 347 | 0.000096215 | 7 | 340 | -96% |
| 1971 | 478 | 0.000139263 | 478 | -100% | |
| 1972 | 422 | 0.000134267 | 422 | -100% | |
| 1973 | 492 | 0.000163082 | 492 | -100% | |
| 1974 | 548 | 0.000180263 | 548 | -100% | |
| 1975 | 585 | 0.000193747 | 5 | 580 | -98% |
| 1976 | 543 | 0.000178954 | 543 | -100% | |
| 1977 | 690 | 0.000217221 | 7 | 683 | -98% |
| 1978 | 698 | 0.000219921 | 9 | 689 | -97% |
| 1979 | 923 | 0.000277427 | 10 | 913 | -98% |
| 1980 | 933 | 0.000270866 | 5 | 928 | -99% |
| 1981 | 1413 | 0.000408455 | 13 | 1400 | -98% |
| 1982 | 1831 | 0.000521955 | 14 | 1817 | -98% |
| 1983 | 1560 | 0.000450432 | 18 | 1542 | -98% |
| 1984 | 1254 | 0.000359441 | 8 | 1246 | -99% |
| 1985 | 1109 | 0.000310722 | 1109 | -100% | |
| 1986 | 1051 | 0.000295467 | 12 | 1039 | -98% |
| 1987 | 1004 | 0.000278455 | 8 | 996 | -98% |
| 1988 | 1077 | 0.000291472 | 12 | 1065 | -98% |
| 1989 | 1255 | 0.000326445 | 13 | 1242 | -98% |
| 1990 | 1320 | 0.000333968 | 9 | 1311 | -99% |
| 1991 | 1328 | 0.000340927 | 13 | 1315 | -98% |
| 1992 | 1438 | 0.000374355 | 14 | 1424 | -98% |
| 1993 | 1520 | 0.000403153 | 17 | 1503 | -98% |
| 1994 | 2097 | 0.000564066 | 17 | 2080 | -98% |
| 1995 | 3844 | 0.001049655 | 20 | 3824 | -99% |
| 1996 | 7227 | 0.001981523 | 43 | 7184 | -99% |
| 1997 | 9342 | 0.002576571 | 63 | 9279 | -99% |
| 1998 | 13471 | 0.003662382 | 57 | 13414 | -99% |
| 1999 | 14987 | 0.004057266 | 56 | 14931 | -99% |
| 2000 | 14346 | 0.003795334 | 64 | 14282 | -99% |
| 2001 | 13529 | 0.003614104 | 36 | 13493 | -99% |
| 2002 | 12118 | 0.003241588 | 42 | 12076 | -99% |
| 2003 | 11906 | 0.003131247 | 64 | 11842 | -99% |
| 2004 | 11998 | 0.003140079 | 87 | 11911 | -99% |
| 2005 | 13961 | 0.003631096 | 56 | 13905 | -99% |
| 2006 | 16393 | 0.004143634 | 53 | 16340 | -99% |
| 2007 | 16695 | 0.004176169 | 92 | 16603 | -99% |
| 2008 | 15859 | 0.004034686 | 56 | 15803 | -99% |
| 2009 | 17331 | 0.004536703 | 70 | 17261 | -99% |
| 2010 | 16558 | 0.004480295 | 80 | 16478 | -99% |
| 2011 | 16960 | 0.004636677 | 79 | 16881 | -99% |
| 2012 | 17456 | 0.004772833 | 78 | 17378 | -99% |
| 2013 | 18367 | 0.005038036 | 80 | 18287 | -99% |
| 2014 | 19445 | 0.005246365 | 107 | 19338 | -99% |
| 2015 | 19815 | 0.005354085 | 137 | 19678 | -99% |
| 2016 | 19321 | 0.005266446 | 134 | 19187 | -99% |
| 2017 | 18678 | 0.00522287 | 176 | 18502 | -98% |
| 2018 | 18604 | 0.005291395 | 175 | 18429 | -98% |
| 2019 | 19391 | 0.005586682 | 219 | 19172 | -98% |
| 2020 | 18759 | 0.005615497 | 308 | 18451 | -97% |
| 2021 | 19324 | 0.005703746 | 418 | 18906 | -96% |
| 2022 | 19214 | 0.005679348 | 479 | 18735 | -95% |
| 2023 | 19545 | 0.005902701 | 457 | 19088 | -95% |
| 2024 | 20876 | 0.006271892 | 539 | 20337 | -95% |