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How popular is the name Noam?

Births per year, rank history and how many Noams are alive today.

Noam (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1897th in 2025 and given to 13 babies. The name peaked in 2009, when 15 babies were given the name, the 1494th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2018, with 15 babies given the name that year.

The Noam you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Noams born in England and Wales are between 8 and 20, and there are at least 250 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Noam - on average, only one in every 1,212 such rooms contains a Noam.

How many babies are named Noam each year?

051015200020201997: 41999: 32000: 52001: 52002: 42003: 32004: 62005: 32006: 72007: 92008: 62009: 152010: 112011: 132012: 112013: 92014: 92015: 72016: 102017: 122018: 152019: 102020: 82021: 72022: 82023: 62024: 52025: 13actual

Where does Noam rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 2,3371999: ranked 2,9432000: ranked 2,1422001: ranked 2,2202002: ranked 2,6362003: ranked 3,4672004: ranked 2,3042005: ranked 3,8492006: ranked 2,2822007: ranked 2,0232008: ranked 2,7752009: ranked 1,4942010: ranked 1,9112011: ranked 1,6882012: ranked 1,9622013: ranked 2,2162014: ranked 2,2482015: ranked 2,7072016: ranked 2,1752017: ranked 1,9232018: ranked 1,6102019: ranked 2,1042020: ranked 2,4042021: ranked 2,7302022: ranked 2,5302023: ranked 3,1132024: ranked 3,6892025: ranked 1,897

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Noam per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 15 in 2009
Noam: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Noam most popular?

Noam peaked in 2009, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Noam?

At least 250 people named Noam born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Noam?

Most living Noams are between 8 and 20; the most common age is about 16.

Is Noam becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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