Eknoor
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- EK-noor
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Eknoor is a name of Punjabi origin, meaning “light of the One God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Eknoor mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name of ek 'one' and noor 'light'
“light of the One God”
Joins ek, 'one', as in Ik Onkar, the Sikh affirmation of one God, with noor, 'divine light'.
Is Eknoor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Eknoor has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 5 boys in the UK and 6 girls in the US.
How popular is Eknoor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Eknoor, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 girls. 5 boys were also named Eknoor in 2025 (3,747th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Eknoor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72% of the babies named Eknoor in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Eknoor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
How popular is Eknoor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Eknoor, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Eknoor in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eknoor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
Names like Eknoor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurnoor, Avnoor, Gurnaaz, Prisha, Arya, Gursanjh, River, Aadhya, Saanvi, Avneet, Harnoor, Khivi
More Punjabi names
Asees, Gurbaaz, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Avleen, Anhad, Harleen
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eknoor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eknoor, updated 20 October 2026.