Noam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOH-am
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,267 for boys
Noam is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pleasantness, delight”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 1,267th for boys in the US (155 babies).
What does Noam mean?
Hebrew
“pleasantness, delight”
A Hebrew word for pleasantness or delight; Psalm 27 speaks of gazing on the noam, 'beauty', of the Lord.
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Is Noam a girl's or a boy's name?
Noam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 155 boys in the US.
How popular is Noam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Noam, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 boys.
2025 had more boys named Noam than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Noam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Noam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Noam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,267among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 155about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 155 boys in the US were named Noam, making it the 1,267th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,592nd. It first appears in the records in 1961. 8 girls were also named Noam in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Noam of any year since it first appeared, in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Noam in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Noam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 155 | #1,267 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,448 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,591 |
| 2022 | 93 | #1,771 |
| 2021 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2020 | 102 | #1,592 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,606 |
| 2018 | 106 | #1,576 |
| 2017 | 92 | #1,707 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,563 |
| 2015 | 119 | #1,434 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,564 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,492 |
| 2012 | 105 | #1,523 |
| 2011 | 80 | #1,794 |
| 2010 | 76 | #1,880 |
| 2009 | 96 | #1,637 |
| 2008 | 90 | #1,692 |
| 2007 | 84 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 68 | #1,966 |
| 2005 | 66 | #1,918 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 42 | #2,399 |
| 2001 | 45 | #2,245 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Names like Noam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ibrahim Yusuf Muhammad Kai Ahmed Zakariya Hamza Abdullah Noah Yahya Koa
Names related to Noam
More Hebrew names
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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, “Noam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/noam, updated 20 October 2026.