Nouh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOOH
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Nouh is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “rest, repose”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Nouh mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Noah (Nuh)
“rest, repose”
A French-style spelling of Nuh, the Arabic name of Noah, who is honoured as a prophet in Islam.
Is Nouh a girl's or a boy's name?
Nouh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nouh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Nouh, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Nouh of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Nouh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 81 boys in the UK were given Nouh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #500, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Nouh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
How popular is Nouh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 273% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Nouh, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had the most boys named Nouh of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Nouh in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were given Nouh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,726, up from #4,049 for this spelling alone.
Nouh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Nouh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zayd Muhammad Zayaan Zayan Ayyub Abdullah Ibrahim Hamza Huzaifa Zakariya Zayyan
Other spellings of Nouh
Names related to Nouh
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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, “Nouh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nouh, updated 20 October 2026.