Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Noa*

#1,300 most common girls' name of all time · #2,275 across all names · 17% male / 83% female · used 1970–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#1,300
Rank overall
#2,275 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
14,249
Since 2016
9,341
Peak year
2025 #226
Best rank
#226 2025
Girls Boys peak 1,573/yr
198020002020

Noa first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,348 225 1,573 #226
2024 1,266 230 1,496 #253
2023 1,046 151 1,197 #298
2022 1,071 141 1,212 #298
2021 1,001 98 1,099 #329
2020 664 61 725 #466
2019 539 80 619 #566
2018 450 65 515 #656
2017 392 52 444 #727
2016 392 69 461 #725
2015 370 63 433 #765
2014 289 63 352 #935
2013 248 70 318 #1,006
2012 241 68 309 #1,046
2011 235 83 318 #1,052
2010 222 60 282 #1,112
2009 223 75 298 #1,137
2008 199 91 290 #1,261
2007 196 77 273 #1,259
2006 190 85 275 #1,265
2005 142 60 202 #1,486
2004 116 62 178 #1,681
2003 144 46 190 #1,389
2002 118 54 172 #1,582
2001 101 51 152 #1,772
2000 114 72 186 #1,568
1999 90 39 129 #1,780
1998 76 30 106 #1,986
1997 71 18 89 #2,015
1996 82 15 97 #1,798
1995 27 13 40 #3,928
1994 15 8 23 #6,142
1993 12 12 #7,228
1992 17 17 #5,621
1991 7 8 15 #10,740
1990 14 14 #6,306
1989 7 7 #10,140
1988 9 9 #8,045
1987 12 12 #6,148
1986 8 6 14 #8,136
1985 7 5 12 #8,801
1984 9 9 #7,154
1983 7 7 14 #8,549
1982 5 10 15 #11,321
1981 7 7
1980 6 6 12 #9,739
1979 5 5
1978 5 5 10 #10,584
1977 5 5 #10,518
1970 7 7 #7,032