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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Noam” in the USA?

Number of people named “Noam” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Noam” 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 “Noam” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Noam” by birth year

This chart shows how “Noam” 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
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 17 0.00000563 17 -100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 -100%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 -100%
1984 18 0.000005159 18 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 -100%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 -100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 -100%
1989 25 0.000006503 5 20 -60%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 -100%
1991 30 0.000007702 7 23 -53%
1992 27 0.000007029 5 22 -63%
1993 27 0.000007161 10 17 -26%
1994 25 0.000006725 6 19 -52%
1995 35 0.000009557 6 29 -66%
1996 32 0.000008774 5 27 -69%
1997 34 0.000009377 7 27 -59%
1998 46 0.000012506 9 37 -61%
1999 38 0.000010287 7 31 -63%
2000 33 0.00000873 5 28 -70%
2001 53 0.000014158 8 45 -70%
2002 52 0.00001391 10 42 -62%
2003 60 0.00001578 11 49 -63%
2004 63 0.000016488 8 55 -75%
2005 77 0.000020027 11 66 -71%
2006 77 0.000019463 9 68 -77%
2007 98 0.000024514 14 84 -71%
2008 98 0.000024932 8 90 -84%
2009 106 0.000027747 10 96 -81%
2010 82 0.000022188 6 76 -85%
2011 88 0.000024058 8 80 -82%
2012 114 0.00003117 9 105 -84%
2013 119 0.000032641 10 109 -83%
2014 110 0.000029679 9 101 -84%
2015 126 0.000034046 7 119 -89%
2016 105 0.000028621 105 -100%
2017 92 0.000025726 92 -100%
2018 111 0.000031571 5 106 -91%
2019 109 0.000031404 6 103 -89%
2020 109 0.000032629 7 102 -87%
2021 112 0.000033058 8 104 -86%
2022 93 0.000027489 93 -100%
2023 109 0.000032919 109 -100%
2024 125 0.000037554 125 -100%

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