Name Trends

See the popularity of names over time in the USA

How popular is “Noah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Noah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Noah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Noah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Noah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Noah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Noah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Noah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 103 0.000511207 103 -100%
1881 81 0.000420369 81 -100%
1882 108 0.000487512 108 -100%
1883 81 0.000373367 81 -100%
1884 94 0.000386099 94 -100%
1885 76 0.000315544 76 -100%
1886 90 0.000352503 90 -100%
1887 94 0.000379962 94 -100%
1888 83 0.000277153 83 -100%
1889 85 0.000294173 85 -100%
1890 74 0.00024552 74 -100%
1891 76 0.000265111 76 -100%
1892 79 0.000236262 79 -100%
1893 69 0.000212162 69 -100%
1894 74 0.000218489 74 -100%
1895 72 0.000205116 72 -100%
1896 69 0.000193016 69 -100%
1897 58 0.000167168 58 -100%
1898 68 0.000178265 68 -100%
1899 47 0.000138547 47 -100%
1900 92 0.000204327 92 -100%
1901 56 0.000161938 56 -100%
1902 69 0.000178418 69 -100%
1903 48 0.000125917 48 -100%
1904 46 0.000114007 46 -100%
1905 60 0.000141535 60 -100%
1906 60 0.000140039 60 -100%
1907 61 0.000131073 61 -100%
1908 68 0.000139159 68 -100%
1909 62 0.000121278 62 -100%
1910 87 0.00014728 87 -100%
1911 82 0.000127274 82 -100%
1912 116 0.000117402 116 -100%
1913 141 0.000123998 141 -100%
1914 171 0.000120733 171 -100%
1915 189 0.000103142 189 -100%
1916 229 0.000118382 229 -100%
1917 219 0.000109132 219 -100%
1918 247 0.000113767 247 -100%
1919 253 0.000119891 253 -100%
1920 242 0.000106955 242 -100%
1921 247 0.000105804 247 -100%
1922 236 0.000103095 236 -100%
1923 259 0.000112487 259 -100%
1924 239 0.000100352 239 -100%
1925 219 0.000093858 219 -100%
1926 235 0.000102357 235 -100%
1927 236 0.000101752 236 -100%
1928 174 0.00007696 174 -100%
1929 197 0.000089866 197 -100%
1930 191 0.000085909 191 -100%
1931 186 0.000088388 6 180 -94%
1932 182 0.000086204 182 -100%
1933 173 0.000086525 173 -100%
1934 148 0.000071263 148 -100%
1935 175 0.000083737 175 -100%
1936 147 0.000070756 147 -100%
1937 143 0.000067116 143 -100%
1938 145 0.000065535 145 -100%
1939 122 0.000055368 122 -100%
1940 150 0.000065143 150 -100%
1941 161 0.000066082 161 -100%
1942 182 0.000066624 182 -100%
1943 155 0.000054915 155 -100%
1944 157 0.000058363 157 -100%
1945 133 0.000050134 133 -100%
1946 130 0.000040685 130 -100%
1947 156 0.000043306 156 -100%
1948 150 0.000043447 150 -100%
1949 148 0.000042471 148 -100%
1950 153 0.000043672 153 -100%
1951 154 0.000041806 154 -100%
1952 143 0.000037651 143 -100%
1953 161 0.000041779 161 -100%
1954 131 0.000032909 131 -100%
1955 133 0.000033126 133 -100%
1956 138 0.00003347 138 -100%
1957 153 0.000036411 153 -100%
1958 137 0.000033138 137 -100%
1959 153 0.000036808 153 -100%
1960 139 0.000033462 139 -100%
1961 131 0.000031628 5 126 -92%
1962 140 0.000034698 140 -100%
1963 124 0.000031326 124 -100%
1964 138 0.000035498 138 -100%
1965 120 0.000033099 120 -100%
1966 157 0.000045172 157 -100%
1967 154 0.000045362 154 -100%
1968 174 0.000051504 174 -100%
1969 246 0.000070784 246 -100%
1970 347 0.000096215 7 340 -96%
1971 478 0.000139266 478 -100%
1972 422 0.000134266 422 -100%
1973 492 0.000163084 492 -100%
1974 548 0.000180263 548 -100%
1975 585 0.000193749 5 580 -98%
1976 543 0.000178953 543 -100%
1977 689 0.000216911 7 682 -98%
1978 696 0.000219294 9 687 -97%
1979 923 0.00027743 10 913 -98%
1980 933 0.000270867 5 928 -99%
1981 1413 0.00040846 13 1400 -98%
1982 1830 0.000521674 14 1816 -98%
1983 1561 0.000450729 18 1543 -98%
1984 1254 0.000359451 8 1246 -99%
1985 1109 0.000310733 1109 -100%
1986 1051 0.000295478 12 1039 -98%
1987 1004 0.000278464 8 996 -98%
1988 1077 0.000291486 12 1065 -98%
1989 1255 0.000326455 13 1242 -98%
1990 1319 0.000333734 9 1310 -99%
1991 1328 0.000340942 13 1315 -98%
1992 1438 0.000374374 14 1424 -98%
1993 1520 0.000403169 17 1503 -98%
1994 2097 0.000564092 17 2080 -98%
1995 3844 0.001049694 20 3824 -99%
1996 7226 0.001981331 43 7183 -99%
1997 9342 0.002576654 63 9279 -99%
1998 13471 0.003662501 57 13414 -99%
1999 14987 0.004057397 56 14931 -99%
2000 14344 0.003794919 64 14280 -99%
2001 13529 0.003614224 36 13493 -99%
2002 12117 0.003241458 42 12075 -99%
2003 11905 0.003131234 64 11841 -99%
2004 11997 0.003140056 87 11910 -99%
2005 13957 0.003630337 56 13901 -99%
2006 16393 0.004144047 53 16340 -99%
2007 16692 0.004175864 92 16600 -99%
2008 15856 0.004034505 56 15800 -99%
2009 17330 0.00453725 70 17260 -99%
2010 16555 0.004480202 80 16475 -99%
2011 16957 0.004636667 79 16878 -99%
2012 17452 0.004772678 78 17374 -99%
2013 18364 0.005038408 80 18284 -99%
2014 19440 0.005246374 107 19333 -99%
2015 19812 0.005354813 137 19675 -99%
2016 19311 0.005265408 134 19177 -99%
2017 18663 0.005220833 175 18488 -98%
2018 18590 0.005290042 175 18415 -98%
2019 19378 0.005586384 219 19159 -98%
2020 18737 0.005613502 308 18429 -97%
2021 19302 0.005702743 418 18884 -96%
2022 19186 0.005678665 478 18708 -95%
2023 19451 0.005899166 456 18995 -95%