Naamah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-AH-ma
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Naamah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pleasant”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Naamah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Naama; from Hebrew Naamah
“pleasant”
Naamah in the Bible is the sister of Tubal-cain and also the mother of King Rehoboam.
Meaning borrowed from Naama.
Is Naamah a girl's or a boy's name?
Naamah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naamah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Naamah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer girls named Naamah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Naamah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naamah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Naamah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah Nusaybah Naziyah Zaniyah Zaliyah Aaliyah Zamira Aziyah Salem Taliyah Alaiyah Kaliyah
Names related to Naamah
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Naamah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naamah, updated 20 October 2026.