Boys' name · since 2014
Nowah
15 babies named Nowah in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,560 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,229 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nowah currently ranks #13229 among boys' names in America, with 15 babies recorded since 2014.
Nowah has 15 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13229 as of the latest data, more common than 5% 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 2014 to 2025.
- #31,560 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,229 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 15 born since 2014
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nowah ranks #31,560 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,229 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 15 born since 2014, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,560 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,229 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nowah's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nowah compares
15 6th 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
Nowah's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nowah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nowah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nowah's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded.
Nowah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Nowah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Nowah's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Nowah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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What to do with Nowah's data
- Nowah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nowah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2014–2025 (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 Nowah 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.