Naomi
Naomi was given to 4,644 girls in 2025, #47 among girls’ names; 191,837 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 137,000 Americans named Naomi and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 8 and 40.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Naomi by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Naomi mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Naomi is “a female given name from Hebrew.” Its etymology gives the senses “my pleasantness” (literally) and “pleasantness” (נֹעַם) and “my, of me” (־ִי).
Also “a female given name from Japanese.”
From Hebrew נָעֳמִי (no’omí, literally “my pleasantness”), from נועם / נֹעַם (nó'am, “pleasantness”) + ־ִי (-í, “my, of me”).
/neɪˈoʊmi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Naomi?
#47 among girls’ names, 2025
Naomi rose from #75 in 2015 to #47 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 2.1 to 2.9 per 1,000.
4,649 babies in 2025, the peak
Naomi peaked in 2025, when 4,649 babies were given it (4,644 girls, #47 among girls’ names). In 2024 it went to 4,621 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,644 | #47 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 4,621 | #44 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 4,502 | #44 | 2.8 |
| 2022 | 4,503 | #46 | 2.7 |
| 2021 | 4,275 | #54 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 4,120 | #52 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 3,956 | #59 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 3,855 | #64 | 2.3 |
| 2017 | 3,866 | #69 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 3,808 | #75 | 2.1 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,775 | #75 | 2.1 |
| 2014 | 3,716 | #80 | 2.1 |
| 2013 | 3,455 | #86 | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 3,432 | #79 | 1.9 |
| 2011 | 3,195 | #93 | 1.8 |
| 2010 | 3,136 | #95 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 3,040 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 2008 | 2,917 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 2007 | 2,789 | #121 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | 2,713 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 2005 | 2,426 | #138 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 2,277 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 2003 | 2,052 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 2002 | 1,967 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 1,826 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 1,756 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 1,649 | #189 | 0.93 |
| 1998 | 1,630 | #190 | 0.92 |
| 1997 | 1,526 | #196 | 0.88 |
| 1996 | 1,390 | #212 | 0.79 |
| 1995 | 1,316 | #213 | 0.75 |
| 1994 | 1,202 | #235 | 0.67 |
| 1993 | 1,145 | #243 | 0.63 |
| 1992 | 1,117 | #249 | 0.61 |
| 1991 | 1,011 | #274 | 0.54 |
| 1990 | 924 | #299 | 0.49 |
| 1989 | 991 | #271 | 0.54 |
| 1988 | 1,003 | #254 | 0.56 |
| 1987 | 998 | #255 | 0.57 |
| 1986 | 945 | #268 | 0.55 |
| 1985 | 1,079 | #240 | 0.63 |
| 1984 | 1,048 | #241 | 0.62 |
| 1983 | 1,103 | #226 | 0.66 |
| 1982 | 1,223 | #215 | 0.72 |
| 1981 | 1,224 | #216 | 0.73 |
| 1980 | 1,250 | #210 | 0.75 |
| 1979 | 1,175 | #222 | 0.73 |
| 1978 | 1,071 | #231 | 0.70 |
| 1977 | 1,002 | #247 | 0.65 |
| 1976 | 923 | #259 | 0.63 |
| 1975 | 898 | #267 | 0.62 |
| 1974 | 799 | #299 | 0.54 |
| 1973 | 757 | #308 | 0.52 |
| 1972 | 639 | #347 | 0.42 |
| 1971 | 608 | #378 | 0.37 |
| 1970 | 554 | #411 | 0.32 |
| 1969 | 527 | #421 | 0.31 |
| 1968 | 538 | #401 | 0.33 |
| 1967 | 512 | #407 | 0.31 |
| 1966 | 593 | #374 | 0.35 |
| 1965 | 579 | #379 | 0.33 |
| 1964 | 618 | #387 | 0.33 |
| 1963 | 690 | #362 | 0.36 |
| 1962 | 656 | #367 | 0.33 |
| 1961 | 674 | #370 | 0.33 |
| 1960 | 774 | #341 | 0.38 |
| 1959 | 682 | #363 | 0.34 |
| 1958 | 763 | #341 | 0.38 |
| 1957 | 699 | #342 | 0.34 |
| 1956 | 756 | #320 | 0.38 |
| 1955 | 695 | #326 | 0.36 |
| 1954 | 817 | #296 | 0.42 |
| 1953 | 758 | #296 | 0.40 |
| 1952 | 769 | #292 | 0.41 |
| 1951 | 763 | #283 | 0.42 |
| 1950 | 793 | #271 | 0.46 |
| 1949 | 850 | #262 | 0.50 |
| 1948 | 821 | #271 | 0.48 |
| 1947 | 840 | #263 | 0.47 |
| 1946 | 838 | #244 | 0.53 |
| 1945 | 797 | #235 | 0.61 |
| 1944 | 875 | #223 | 0.66 |
| 1943 | 904 | #219 | 0.65 |
| 1942 | 986 | #208 | 0.73 |
| 1941 | 987 | #193 | 0.82 |
| 1940 | 1,053 | #179 | 0.92 |
| 1939 | 1,086 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1938 | 1,239 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1937 | 1,202 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1936 | 1,281 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1935 | 1,435 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1934 | 1,360 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1933 | 1,431 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1932 | 1,355 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1931 | 1,517 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1930 | 1,594 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1929 | 1,600 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1928 | 1,652 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1927 | 1,825 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 1926 | 1,757 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 1925 | 1,768 | #144 | 1.5 |
| 1924 | 1,981 | #140 | 1.6 |
| 1923 | 1,902 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 1922 | 1,869 | #134 | 1.6 |
| 1921 | 1,976 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1920 | 1,854 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1919 | 1,632 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1918 | 1,692 | #140 | 1.5 |
| 1917 | 1,619 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1916 | 1,649 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1915 | 1,548 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 1914 | 1,129 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1913 | 840 | #142 | 1.3 |
| 1912 | 835 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1911 | 585 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1910 | 502 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1909 | 504 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 1908 | 458 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1907 | 410 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1906 | 372 | #157 | 1.3 |
| 1905 | 361 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1904 | 350 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1903 | 355 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 1902 | 327 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1901 | 256 | #172 | 1.1 |
| 1900 | 307 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1899 | 272 | #166 | 1.2 |
| 1898 | 264 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1897 | 241 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1896 | 269 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1895 | 249 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1894 | 196 | #189 | 0.88 |
| 1893 | 186 | #189 | 0.87 |
| 1892 | 143 | #214 | 0.67 |
| 1891 | 132 | #203 | 0.71 |
| 1890 | 122 | #219 | 0.64 |
| 1889 | 79 | #268 | 0.44 |
| 1888 | 93 | #241 | 0.52 |
| 1887 | 76 | #242 | 0.52 |
| 1886 | 55 | #281 | 0.38 |
| 1885 | 68 | #244 | 0.51 |
| 1884 | 61 | #250 | 0.47 |
| 1883 | 56 | #240 | 0.50 |
| 1882 | 54 | #236 | 0.50 |
| 1881 | 55 | #204 | 0.60 |
| 1880 | 32 | #276 | 0.35 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Naomi a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Naomi has been given almost only to girls: 290 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Naomi: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Naomi, and how old are they?
137,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 191,837 Americans ever recorded as Naomi. The median Naomi alive today is 18 years old; half are between 8 and 40.
The 2020 Census counted 113,178 people named Naomi (112,972 women and girls, 206 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 117,787 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5,820 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 11,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 11,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 17,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 38,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 52,800 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Naomi born?
The states with the most babies named Naomi are California, Texas and Florida, with 26% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 497 | #49 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 447 | #49 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 274 | #48 | 1.0× |
| New York | 228 | #55 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 214 | #21 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 212 | #18 | 0.9× |
| Virginia | 182 | #21 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 180 | #38 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 177 | #41 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 153 | #49 | 0.8× |
Where Naomi is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Naomi is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Naomi with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 207,900 babies since 1880, Naomi is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 4,649 of their 5,062 babies (92%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Naomi
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Naomi and names like it
- Compare Naomi and NaimaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sNaomi peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Naomi since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Naomi: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Naomi.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Naomi alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with NMost given first.