Boys' name · since 2008
Nooh
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 119 babies named Nooh, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,281 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,085 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 119
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nooh currently ranks #7085 among boys' names in America, with 119 babies recorded since 2008.
Nooh has 119 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7085 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #16,281 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,085 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 119 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nooh ranks #16,281 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,085 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 119 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,281 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,085 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 119
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nooh's 119 recorded births place it above 64.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nooh compares
119 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nooh's all-time total is 68% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nooh | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 119 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nooh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nooh's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nooh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Nooh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (59 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Nooh's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Nooh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 59 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Nooh's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nooh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.