Unisex name · since 1979
Nou
352 babies named Nou in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,590 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 352
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nou sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 352 recorded since 1979.
Nou has 352 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2000.
- #14,590 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 352 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nou ranks #14,590 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 352 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,590 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 352
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nou's 352 recorded births place it above 79.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Nou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nou's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nou popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2000
- Peak year (1993)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Nou popularity over time - boys
56 total births recorded since 1986 (Nou as boys' name)
Nou by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (191 births, 54% of the file).
1990s was Nou's strongest decade.
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Nou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
147 births
- 1990s
1990s
191 births
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 191 births (54% of all-time use).
Nou by state
Where Nou concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 152 | 43.2% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 33 | 9.4% |
| #3 | Wisconsin | | 14 | 4.0% |
152 of 352 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Nou's decade-level peak was the 1990s (191 total births); usage has since declined to 9 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nous (152 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1979–2000 (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 Nou 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.