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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.

1996Busiest: 287 in 20252025
Noor in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025287#195
2024277#193
2023222#230
2022201#255
2021190#275
2020176#301
2019176#302
2018187#285
2017203#270
2016163#327
2015189#285
2014142#356
2013139#366
2012127#407
2011168#323
2010161#321
2009146#341
2008139#359
200798#453
2006111#406
200595#435
2004110#380
200381#468
200268#494
200162#521
200049#606
199944#640
199835#746
199725#940
199637#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.

1979Busiest: 435 in 20252025
Noor in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025435#659
2024395#710
2023356#790
2022368#773
2021321#854
2020301#886
2019284#930
2018317#855
2017313#875
2016308#902
2015273#989
2014256#1,018
2013231#1,071
2012220#1,124
2011241#1,033
2010230#1,082
2009223#1,132
2008238#1,090
2007205#1,217
2006227#1,102
2005203#1,145
2004202#1,126
2003212#1,059
2002203#1,053
2001209#1,031
2000202#1,039
1999183#1,086
1998123#1,390
1997118#1,410
1996127#1,335
199594#1,594
199493#1,619
199396#1,588
199277#1,840
199188#1,671
199054#2,312
198951#2,299
198836#2,862
198727#3,328
198621#3,888
198529#3,083
198423#3,526
198319#3,948
198217#4,346
198113#5,253
19807#8,177
19797#8,059

Names like Noor

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

Other spellings of Noor

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