Unisex name · since 1979
Noor
Noor has 8,276 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #659 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,276
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
8,276 babies have been named Noor since 1979, making it today's #659 unisex name.
Noor has 8,276 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #659 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, 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 1979 to 2025.
- #1,873 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #659 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,276 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Noor ranks #1,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #659 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,276 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #659 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,276
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Noor's 8,276 recorded births place it above 97.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Noor compares
8,276 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Noor's all-time total is 22x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Noor | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,276 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 435 | 21 | 19,840 |
Noor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Noor's full recorded timeline at 2002, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 435 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Noor popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 435
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Noor popularity over time - boys
1,077 total births recorded since 1980 (Noor as boys' name)
Noor by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,673 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Noor's strongest decade.
2,673 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Noor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 243
1980s
243 births
- 1990s 1,053
1990s
1,053 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,124 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,673 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,176 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,673 births (32% of all-time use).
How Noor compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Noor's total volume
Noor by state
Where Noor concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,232 | 14.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 908 | 11.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 781 | 9.4% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 636 | 7.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 626 | 7.6% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 412 | 5.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 366 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Florida | | 337 | 4.1% |
1,232 of 8,276 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Noor appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Noor's data
- Noor's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,673 total births) through the 2020s (2,176) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Noors (1,232 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Noor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Noor 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.