# Noor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/noor/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “light” |
| Pronunciation | /nɔɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Nour |
| US babies named this | 9,353 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,077 / 8,276 (88% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,323, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr, “light”).

## What it means

Noor is grouped under light.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 241 | 1,034 |
| 2012 | 220 | 1,124 |
| 2013 | 231 | 1,072 |
| 2014 | 256 | 1,022 |
| 2015 | 273 | 991 |
| 2016 | 308 | 903 |
| 2017 | 313 | 876 |
| 2018 | 317 | 855 |
| 2019 | 284 | 932 |
| 2020 | 301 | 887 |
| 2021 | 321 | 854 |
| 2022 | 368 | 774 |
| 2023 | 356 | 793 |
| 2024 | 395 | 711 |
| 2025 | 435 | 659 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,762 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,975 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,753 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,226 |
| 2015 | 41 | 2,902 |
| 2016 | 33 | 3,414 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,176 |
| 2018 | 41 | 2,925 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3,319 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,250 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,954 |
| 2022 | 54 | 2,549 |
| 2023 | 46 | 2,789 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,200 |
| 2025 | 43 | 2,917 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 157 | 312 |
| 2012 | 125 | 376 |
| 2013 | 131 | 345 |
| 2014 | 132 | 348 |
| 2015 | 181 | 271 |
| 2016 | 158 | 313 |
| 2017 | 196 | 253 |
| 2018 | 170 | 279 |
| 2019 | 170 | 289 |
| 2020 | 164 | 283 |
| 2021 | 177 | 267 |
| 2022 | 195 | 243 |
| 2023 | 206 | 226 |
| 2024 | 258 | 188 |
| 2025 | 274 | 181 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## 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.