Noorah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOO-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Noorah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Noorah mean?
Arabic: variant of Noora, from nur
“light”
From nur, 'light', the root of Noor, Nura and Nouri; An-Nur ('The Light') is a chapter of the Quran.
Is Noorah a girl's or a boy's name?
Noorah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Noorah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Noorah, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Noorah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were given Noorah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,274, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
- Noorah 12
- Nooreh 10
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Noorah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Noorah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Noorah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Noorah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Noorah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
Nicknames for Noorah
- Noor 287 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Noorah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Izzah, Hafsa, Ruqayyah, Abeeha, Rahma, Safaa, Aaliyah, Sumayyah
Other spellings of Noorah
Names related to Noorah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Noorah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/noorah, updated 20 October 2026.