Noah-Jay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOH-a-JAY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Noah-Jay is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “rest, repose + jay (the bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Noah-Jay mean?
Hebrew: Noah + Jay
“rest, repose + jay (the bird)”
Joins Noah (Hebrew, “rest, repose”) and Jay (English, “jay (the bird)”).
Meanings borrowed from Noah and Jay.
Is Noah-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?
Noah-Jay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Noah-Jay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Noah-Jay, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Noah-Jay of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Noah-Jay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
Names like Noah-Jay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa, Elias, Elijah, Rory, Noah, Matteo, Theodore, Jesse, Tobias, Tommy, Ezra, Oakley
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Noah-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/noah-jay, updated 20 October 2026.