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Naomi

Gender
Girl
Say it
NAY-oh-mee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#172 for girls
US rank, 2025
#47 for girls

Naomi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pleasantness”. In 2025 it ranked 172nd for girls in the UK (332 babies) and 47th for girls in the US (4,644 babies).

What does Naomi mean?

Hebrew

“pleasantness”

In the Book of Ruth, Naomi is the mother-in-law to whom Ruth vows, 'Whither thou goest, I will go'.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Naomi a girl's or a boy's name?

Naomi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 332 girls in the UK and 4,644 girls and 5 boys in the US.

How popular is Naomi in the UK?

Rank in 2025
172nd among girls
Babies in 2025
332 about 1 in 840 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 10% in five years
Same name in a class
1.7% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 332 girls in the UK were named Naomi, making it the 172nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 176th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 833 girls.

Half of all the girls named Naomi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 166th in England and Wales, 140th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#67), 1994 (#60) and 2004 (#99).

1996Busiest: 833 in 19962025
Naomi in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025332#172
2024273#195
2023297#189
2022317#179
2021341#173
2020317#176
2019352#166
2018335#177
2017358#170
2016381#162
2015405#150
2014437#141
2013440#139
2012478#134
2011478#132
2010517#125
2009495#121
2008487#123
2007504#122
2006529#112
2005606#96
2004621#96
2003626#94
2002522#107
2001568#102
2000600#99
1999640#93
1998678#91
1997720#83
1996833#79

How popular is Naomi in the US?

Rank in 2025
47th among girls
Babies in 2025
4,644 about 1 in 350 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 15% in five years
Same name in a class
4% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4,644 girls in the US were named Naomi, making it the 47th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 52nd. 5 boys were also named Naomi in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Naomi of any year since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the girls named Naomi in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 4,644 in 20252025
Naomi in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254,644#47
20244,621#44
20234,502#44
20224,503#46
20214,275#54
20204,120#52
20193,956#59
20183,855#64
20173,866#69
20163,808#75
20153,775#75
20143,716#80
20133,455#86
20123,432#79
20113,195#93
20103,136#95
20093,040#107
20082,917#119
20072,789#121
20062,713#129
20052,426#138
20042,277#143
20032,052#163
20021,967#165
20011,826#179
20001,756#183
19991,649#189
19981,630#190
19971,526#196
19961,390#210
19951,316#213
19941,202#235
19931,145#243
19921,117#249
19911,011#274
1990924#299
1989991#271
19881,003#254
1987998#255
1986945#268
19851,079#240
19841,048#240
19831,103#226
19821,223#215
19811,224#214
19801,250#210
19791,175#221
19781,071#231
19771,002#247
1976923#259
1975898#267
1974799#299
1973757#308
1972639#346
1971608#378
1970554#411
1969527#419
1968538#401
1967512#407
1966593#374
1965579#379
1964618#387
1963690#361
1962656#367
1961674#370
1960774#340
1959682#362
1958763#341
1957699#341
1956756#319
1955695#326
1954817#296
1953758#296
1952769#292
1951763#283
1950793#271
1949850#262
1948821#271
1947840#263
1946838#244
1945797#235
1944875#223
1943904#219
1942986#208
1941987#192
19401,053#179
19391,086#174
19381,239#166
19371,202#168
19361,281#159
19351,435#144
19341,360#149
19331,431#140
19321,355#148
19311,517#140
19301,594#139
19291,600#139
19281,652#141
19271,825#137
19261,757#141
19251,768#144
19241,981#140
19231,902#137
19221,869#134
19211,976#132
19201,854#134
19191,632#140
19181,692#140
19171,619#133
19161,649#130
19151,548#128
19141,129#134
1913840#142
1912835#132
1911585#141
1910502#156
1909504#140
1908458#146
1907410#155
1906372#157
1905361#156
1904350#155
1903355#147
1902327#158
1901256#172
1900307#176
1899272#166
1898264#176
1897241#176
1896269#163
1895249#168
1894196#189
1893186#189
1892143#214
1891132#202
1890122#219
188979#266
188893#240
188776#242
188655#280
188568#242
188461#247
188356#238
188254#235
188155#201
188032#275

Names like Naomi

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hannah, Emma, Eleanor, Sophie, Abigail, Anna, Zoe, Lydia, Charlotte, Lucy, Emily, Leah

Other spellings of Naomi

Naomie, Naomy

Names related to Naomi

Noemi, Nami, Niomi, Nomi, Nayomi, Neomi, Nyomi, Nahomi, Naiomi

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

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, “Naomi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naomi, updated 20 October 2026.