Niomi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nye-OH-mee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Niomi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pleasantness”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Niomi mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Naomi
“pleasantness”
Naomi is Ruth's mother-in-law in the Old Testament Book of Ruth.
Is Niomi a girl's or a boy's name?
Niomi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niomi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Niomi, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Niomi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Niomi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 2 | #7,280 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 20 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
How popular is Niomi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,341st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Niomi, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer girls named Niomi than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Niomi in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were given Niomi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,152, up from #3,341 for this spelling alone.
Niomi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,892 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,927 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Niomi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwanifemi, Oluwadarasimi, Chisimdi, Zinachimdi, Tiaraoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Temiloluwa, Oluwatamilore, Ireoluwa, Kamsiyochukwu, Ayomide, Inioluwa
Other spellings of Niomi
Names related to Niomi
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Niomi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niomi, updated 20 October 2026.