Noa

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A few things about Noa you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Noa

Noa Lang

Dutch association football player (born 1999)

Choose Noa and your child shares a first name with Noa Lang, a Dutch association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Noa, like who?” Noa Lang's Wikipedia article is available in 36 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 1,192 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Noa, 1,348 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Noa would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryNoa first shows up in US birth records in 1970, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 55 years since.
• 🏆Best yearNoa is at its all-time high right now: #226 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowNoa is 13× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 15,924 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 1,192.
• 🚀TrendNoa has climbed 239 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #226. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedNoa is most popular in Hawaii, where it ranks #114, followed by Alaska (#134) and New York (#142). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• ⚖️Boy or girlNoa is given to both boys and girls: 86% of the 1,573 babies named Noa in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn Hebrew, Noa means “movement”.

About the name Noa

Noa is a girl name meaning “movement”. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with N and ending in “-noa”. US birth records list Noa for girls from 1970 to 2025, in 48 of those 56 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #226 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #226, with 1,348 babies.