Total births
10
Recorded 2014–2015 Boys' name Peak 2014 10 births
Nowah — boys' name
10 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.
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Nowah was born in this single decade.
2014
Single peak year
5 babies were named Nowah in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nowah
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Nowah between 2014 and 2015, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nowah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nowah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nowah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nowah at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
2014
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2014
Nowah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2014
- Peak year (2014)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
Nowah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 10 births that decade — 100% of Nowah's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Nowah? ▼
10 babies have been named Nowah since 2014. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2014 with 5 births.
When was Nowah most popular? ▼
Nowah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Nowah been used? ▼
Nowah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2014, spanning 2 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Nowah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nowell, Nowa. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2014–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.