Noah is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2 for boy births in the United States, given to 20,826 babies. Noah first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2024 (20,951 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20,826 | #2 |
| 2024 | 20,951 | #2 |
| 2023 | 19,574 | #2 |
| 2022 | 19,238 | #2 |
| 2021 | 19,337 | #2 |
| 2020 | 18,772 | #2 |
| 2019 | 19,397 | #2 |
| 2018 | 18,616 | #3 |
| 2017 | 18,683 | #4 |
| 2016 | 19,322 | #3 |
| 2015 | 19,817 | #2 |
| 2014 | 19,451 | #3 |
| 2013 | 18,371 | #4 |
| 2012 | 17,463 | #7 |
| 2011 | 16,962 | #9 |
| 2010 | 16,561 | #11 |
| 2009 | 17,332 | #12 |
| 2008 | 15,864 | #22 |
| 2007 | 16,697 | #21 |
| 2006 | 16,395 | #20 |
| 2005 | 13,961 | #33 |
| 2004 | 12,003 | #45 |
| 2003 | 11,907 | #48 |
| 2002 | 12,118 | #48 |
| 2001 | 13,530 | #42 |
| 2000 | 14,346 | #39 |
| 1999 | 14,987 | #36 |
| 1998 | 13,472 | #40 |
| 1997 | 9,343 | #66 |
| 1996 | 7,227 | #92 |
| 1995 | 3,844 | #193 |
| 1994 | 2,098 | #314 |
| 1993 | 1,521 | #401 |
| 1992 | 1,438 | #416 |
| 1991 | 1,329 | #445 |
| 1990 | 1,319 | #449 |
| 1989 | 1,255 | #441 |
| 1988 | 1,079 | #473 |
| 1987 | 1,004 | #491 |
| 1986 | 1,050 | #474 |
| 1985 | 1,109 | #452 |
| 1984 | 1,254 | #404 |
| 1983 | 1,560 | #347 |
| 1982 | 1,831 | #318 |
| 1981 | 1,413 | #372 |
| 1980 | 933 | #511 |
| 1979 | 923 | #508 |
| 1978 | 698 | #611 |
| 1977 | 690 | #618 |
| 1976 | 543 | #700 |
| 1975 | 585 | #663 |
| 1974 | 548 | #696 |
| 1973 | 492 | #745 |
| 1972 | 422 | #817 |
| 1971 | 478 | #798 |
| 1970 | 347 | #967 |
| 1969 | 248 | #1,101 |
| 1968 | 174 | #1,301 |
| 1967 | 154 | #1,373 |
| 1966 | 157 | #1,349 |
| 1965 | 119 | #1,580 |
| 1964 | 138 | #1,514 |
| 1963 | 124 | #1,613 |
| 1962 | 140 | #1,523 |
| 1961 | 131 | #1,588 |
| 1960 | 139 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 153 | #1,424 |
| 1958 | 137 | #1,495 |
| 1957 | 153 | #1,408 |
| 1956 | 138 | #1,456 |
| 1955 | 133 | #1,447 |
| 1954 | 131 | #1,422 |
| 1953 | 161 | #1,243 |
| 1952 | 143 | #1,291 |
| 1951 | 154 | #1,235 |
| 1950 | 153 | #1,218 |
| 1949 | 149 | #1,213 |
| 1948 | 150 | #1,195 |
| 1947 | 156 | #1,186 |
| 1946 | 130 | #1,233 |
| 1945 | 133 | #1,124 |
| 1944 | 157 | #1,043 |
| 1943 | 155 | #1,072 |
| 1942 | 182 | #979 |
| 1941 | 161 | #989 |
| 1940 | 150 | #1,006 |
| 1939 | 122 | #1,089 |
| 1938 | 145 | #1,021 |
| 1937 | 143 | #1,007 |
| 1936 | 147 | #978 |
| 1935 | 175 | #877 |
| 1934 | 148 | #976 |
| 1933 | 173 | #880 |
| 1932 | 182 | #887 |
| 1931 | 186 | #865 |
| 1930 | 191 | #885 |
| 1929 | 197 | #872 |
| 1928 | 174 | #962 |
| 1927 | 236 | #820 |
| 1926 | 235 | #809 |
| 1925 | 219 | #849 |
| 1924 | 239 | #830 |
| 1923 | 259 | #780 |
| 1922 | 236 | #818 |
| 1921 | 247 | #811 |
| 1920 | 242 | #808 |
| 1919 | 253 | #765 |
| 1918 | 247 | #792 |
| 1917 | 219 | #810 |
| 1916 | 229 | #765 |
| 1915 | 189 | #836 |
| 1914 | 171 | #766 |
| 1913 | 141 | #763 |
| 1912 | 116 | #791 |
| 1911 | 82 | #744 |
| 1910 | 87 | #684 |
| 1909 | 62 | #759 |
| 1908 | 68 | #692 |
| 1907 | 61 | #729 |
| 1906 | 60 | #690 |
| 1905 | 60 | #687 |
| 1904 | 46 | #763 |
| 1903 | 48 | #727 |
| 1902 | 69 | #591 |
| 1901 | 56 | #622 |
| 1900 | 92 | #552 |
| 1899 | 47 | #668 |
| 1898 | 68 | #587 |
| 1897 | 58 | #600 |
| 1896 | 69 | #563 |
| 1895 | 72 | #535 |
| 1894 | 74 | #521 |
| 1893 | 69 | #528 |
| 1892 | 79 | #501 |
| 1891 | 76 | #460 |
| 1890 | 74 | #472 |
| 1889 | 85 | #413 |
| 1888 | 83 | #430 |
| 1887 | 94 | #352 |
| 1886 | 90 | #367 |
| 1885 | 76 | #403 |
| 1884 | 94 | #335 |
| 1883 | 81 | #343 |
| 1882 | 108 | #282 |
| 1881 | 81 | #319 |
| 1880 | 103 | #272 |