# Noam (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/noam/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “pleasantness”, “a male name” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnoʊəm/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,146 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,902 / 244 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 230, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew נועם (“pleasantness; a male name”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 9 | 12,157 |
| 2007 | 14 | 8,881 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13,477 |
| 2009 | 10 | 11,270 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,422 |
| 2011 | 8 | 13,058 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,980 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,809 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,689 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14,104 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,480 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,100 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,102 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,899 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,647 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80 | 1,805 |
| 2012 | 105 | 1,532 |
| 2013 | 109 | 1,497 |
| 2014 | 101 | 1,573 |
| 2015 | 119 | 1,437 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1,573 |
| 2017 | 92 | 1,713 |
| 2018 | 106 | 1,582 |
| 2019 | 103 | 1,611 |
| 2020 | 102 | 1,597 |
| 2021 | 104 | 1,630 |
| 2022 | 93 | 1,778 |
| 2023 | 109 | 1,605 |
| 2024 | 125 | 1,454 |
| 2025 | 155 | 1,273 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Noam

- Noam Chomsky, American linguist and activist (born 1928)
- Noam Elkies, American mathematician (1966-)
- Noam Baumann, Dominican Republic association football player (born 1996)
- Noam Jenkins, Canadian actor
- Noam Shazeer, American machine learning researcher
- Noam Gottesman, American businessman
- Noam Pitlik, actor, director, screenwriter (1932-1999)
- Noam Emeran, French footballer
- Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian and actor (born 1971)
- Ben Cohen, American entrepreneur, activist and philanthropist, and co-founder of the ice cream compan

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.