Noah

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⭐ Famous Noah

Noah Cyrus

American singer and actress

Choose Noah and your child shares a first name with Noah Cyrus, an American singer and actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Noah, like who?” Noah Cyrus's Wikipedia article is available in 50 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 84 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Noah, 20,358 babies in all. In a school of 500 kids, you'd expect to meet about 3 Noahs.
• 📜HistoryNoah has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Noahs, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2016, when it reached #1.
• 📍Where it's lovedNoah is the #1 boy name in 14 states, including Alaska, Connecticut and Washington, D.C.. It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn Hebrew, Noah means “rest, comfort”.
• 🌍OriginNoah is the most popular Hebrew boy name in the US. That's out of 1,099 Hebrew boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Noah

Noah is a boy name of Hebrew origin meaning “rest, comfort”. It has 4 letters and 1 syllable, starting with N and ending in “-oah”. US birth records list Noah for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked #1 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2, with 20,358 babies.

Origin:Hebrew names