# Nuh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nuh/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 335 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 335 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 433, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic نُوح (nūḥ), sometimes through other languages.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,485 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,676 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,424 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,949 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,843 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,265 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,713 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,481 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,060 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,657 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5,066 |
| 2022 | 31 | 3,668 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,196 |
| 2024 | 33 | 3,502 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3,114 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 31 | 932 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2020 | 32 | 898 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 31 | 967 |
| 2023 | 47 | 719 |
| 2024 | 34 | 924 |
| 2025 | 55 | 658 |

## 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.