Noah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Derived from the Hebrew root 'nua' (H5128) meaning 'to quiver', 'totter', or 'wander'; thus 'Movement' or 'Motion'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Noah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Honduras it is the 31st most common given name.
- DKDenmark1 in 453(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 630
- USUnited States1 in 893
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Noah itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 579 (measured from records)
- 1 in 453 (inferred from the name graph)
372,421 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Noe in BR Brazil, SV El Salvador, ES Spain and 2 more and Noa in FR France.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Derived from the Hebrew root 'nua' (H5128) meaning 'to quiver', 'totter', or 'wander'; thus 'Movement' or 'Motion'. This is distinct from the male name Noah (Noach), which means 'Rest'.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Noah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #633 | 372,421 | 1 in 893 | 370K | Noah | 579 |
| NG Nigeria | #747 | ≈48,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | — | Noah | 85 |
| BR Brazil | — | 42,621 | 1 in 5K | 43K | Noe | 75 |
| ES Spain | #765 | 40,682as Noa | 1 in 1.2K | 41K | Noe | 114 |
| FR France | #445 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 72K | Noa | 238 |
| SE Sweden | #734 | 16,195 | 1 in 630 | 16K | Noah | 76 |
| DK Denmark | #417 | 12,961 | 1 in 453 | 13K | Noah | 92 |
| SV El Salvador | #136 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 646 | — | Noe | 43 |
| NO Norway | — | 8,130 | 1 in 673 | 28K | Noah | 55 |
| HN Honduras | #31 | ≈7,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Noe | 33 |
| GE Georgia | #412 | 5,669as ნოე | 1 in 705 | 5.7K | Noe | 29 |
372,421 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Noah is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A biblical name for girls meaning 'motion' or 'movement'. It is distinct from the more common male name Noah (meaning 'rest'), though the two are often conflated in English.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A classic biblical name derived from the Hebrew meaning 'rest' or 'comfort', symbolizing peace and long-suffering patience.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Noah represents faith, obedience, and righteousness in a corrupt world. In Christian theology, the Ark is often viewed as a type of the Church, offering salvation from judgment, while the Flood typifies baptism. In Judaism, he is the recipient of the Noahide Laws, which are binding on all humanity.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Noah and her sisters represent the establishment of women's inheritance rights within the Mosaic Law and the importance of preserving the family name and tribal land allotment.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In French, Biblical Hebrew name meaning 'rest' or 'comfort'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Noah Websterb. 1758USAmerican lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)
- Noah Beeryb. 1882USAmerican actor (1882–1946)
- Noah Baumbachb. 1969USAmerican filmmaker (born 1969)
- Noah Wyleb. 1971USAmerican actor (born 1971)
- Yuval Noah Hararib. 1976ILIsraeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers
- Adam Levineb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (born 1979)
- Noah Centineob. 1996USAmerican actor
- Noah Ringerb. 1996USAmerican actor
- Noah Lylesb. 1997USAmerican sprinter
- Noah Jupeb. 2005GBBritish actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 175 sources across 91 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 370K | #129 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 72K | #5 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 43K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 41K | #636 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 34K | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 28K | #150 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 20K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 16K | #271 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 13K | #54 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 9.9K | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 8.5K | #612 |
| NO Norway | SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891) | 2025 | 8.1K | — |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Noah a male or female name?
- Noah is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Noah have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 372 thousand people named Noah, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled noah.
- Where is Noah most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Noah is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 453 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- Where does the name Noah come from?
- Derived from the Hebrew root 'nua' (H5128) meaning 'to quiver', 'totter', or 'wander'; thus 'Movement' or 'Motion'. This is distinct from the male name Noah (Noach), which means 'Rest'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How common is the name Noah?
- In the United States, the national register counted 372,421 people named Noah in 2020, about 1 in 893 residents.
- How common is Noah compared with other names?
- In the United States, Noah is the 633rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
- What does the name Noah mean?
- Recorded meaning: Derived from the Hebrew root 'nua' (H5128) meaning 'to quiver', 'totter', or 'wander'; thus 'Movement' or 'Motion'.
- What are other forms of the name Noah?
- In the etymology graph, Noe, Nuhu and Nojus are forms of the same name in other languages.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/noahThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Noah” — the 633rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.