Noor
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOOR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #195 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #659 for girls
Noor is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 195th for girls in the UK (287 babies) and 659th for girls in the US (435 babies).
What does Noor mean?
Arabic
“light”
An-Nur, 'The Light', is the 24th surah of the Qur'an, and al-Nur is one of the 99 names of God.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Noor a girl's or a boy's name?
Noor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 287 girls and 10 boys in the UK and 435 girls and 43 boys in the US.
How popular is Noor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #195among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 287about 1 in 970 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 287 girls in the UK were named Noor, making it the 195th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 301st. 10 boys were also named Noor in 2025 (2,342nd for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Noor of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Noor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 368 girls in the UK were given Noor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #195 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 80% of the babies named Noor in the UK in 1996, and 97% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 181st in England and Wales and 272nd in Scotland.
Noor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 287 | #195 |
| 2024 | 277 | #193 |
| 2023 | 222 | #230 |
| 2022 | 201 | #255 |
| 2021 | 190 | #275 |
| 2020 | 176 | #301 |
| 2019 | 176 | #302 |
| 2018 | 187 | #285 |
| 2017 | 203 | #270 |
| 2016 | 163 | #327 |
| 2015 | 189 | #285 |
| 2014 | 142 | #356 |
| 2013 | 139 | #366 |
| 2012 | 127 | #407 |
| 2011 | 168 | #323 |
| 2010 | 161 | #321 |
| 2009 | 146 | #341 |
| 2008 | 139 | #359 |
| 2007 | 98 | #453 |
| 2006 | 111 | #406 |
| 2005 | 95 | #435 |
| 2004 | 110 | #380 |
| 2003 | 81 | #468 |
| 2002 | 68 | #494 |
| 2001 | 62 | #521 |
| 2000 | 49 | #606 |
| 1999 | 44 | #640 |
| 1998 | 35 | #746 |
| 1997 | 25 | #940 |
| 1996 | 37 | #699 |
How popular is Noor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #659among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 435about 1 in 3,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 435 girls in the US were named Noor, making it the 659th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 886th. It first appears in the records in 1979. 43 boys were also named Noor in 2025 (2,883rd for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Noor of any year since it first appeared, in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Noor in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 608 girls in the US were given Noor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #507, up from #659 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 77% of the babies named Noor in the US in 1984, and 91% in 2025.
Noor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 435 | #659 |
| 2024 | 395 | #710 |
| 2023 | 356 | #790 |
| 2022 | 368 | #773 |
| 2021 | 321 | #854 |
| 2020 | 301 | #886 |
| 2019 | 284 | #930 |
| 2018 | 317 | #855 |
| 2017 | 313 | #875 |
| 2016 | 308 | #902 |
| 2015 | 273 | #989 |
| 2014 | 256 | #1,018 |
| 2013 | 231 | #1,071 |
| 2012 | 220 | #1,124 |
| 2011 | 241 | #1,033 |
| 2010 | 230 | #1,082 |
| 2009 | 223 | #1,132 |
| 2008 | 238 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 205 | #1,217 |
| 2006 | 227 | #1,102 |
| 2005 | 203 | #1,145 |
| 2004 | 202 | #1,126 |
| 2003 | 212 | #1,059 |
| 2002 | 203 | #1,053 |
| 2001 | 209 | #1,031 |
| 2000 | 202 | #1,039 |
| 1999 | 183 | #1,086 |
| 1998 | 123 | #1,390 |
| 1997 | 118 | #1,410 |
| 1996 | 127 | #1,335 |
| 1995 | 94 | #1,594 |
| 1994 | 93 | #1,619 |
| 1993 | 96 | #1,588 |
| 1992 | 77 | #1,840 |
| 1991 | 88 | #1,671 |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,312 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,862 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
Names like Noor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Aaliyah Ayah Hafsa Amira Khadija Hiba Summer Amal Nusaybah Raya
Other spellings of Noor
Names related to Noor
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Noor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/noor, updated 20 October 2026.