Nour
Girl · NOOR · Arabic
Nour is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 710th for girls in the UK (57 babies) and 1,525th for girls in the US (139 babies).
What does Nour mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nur, common in the Levant and North Africa
“light”
An-Nur, 'The Light', is the 24th surah of the Qur'an, and al-Nur is one of the 99 names of God.
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Is Nour a girl's or a boy's name?
Nour is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 girls in the UK and 139 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Nour in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #710among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 4,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 57 girls in the UK were named Nour, making it the 710th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 814th.
2025 had the most girls named Nour of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nour in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 368 girls in the UK were given Nour or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #710 for this spelling alone.
In 2024, 88% of the babies named Nour in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 661st in England and Wales.
Nour in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #710 |
| 2024 | 38 | #984 |
| 2023 | 41 | #933 |
| 2022 | 44 | #864 |
| 2021 | 43 | #890 |
| 2020 | 49 | #814 |
| 2019 | 35 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 34 | #1,055 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 29 | #1,035 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Nour in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,525among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 139about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 139 girls in the US were named Nour, making it the 1,525th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. It first appears in the records in 1981. 9 boys were also named Nour in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Nour of any year since it first appeared, in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Nour in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 608 girls in the US were given Nour or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #507, up from #1,525 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 94% of the babies named Nour in the US were girls.
Nour in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139 | #1,525 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,852 |
| 2023 | 106 | #1,878 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,907 |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,943 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 86 | #2,155 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,159 |
| 2017 | 89 | #2,144 |
| 2016 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2015 | 97 | #2,025 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,558 |
| 2013 | 77 | #2,364 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 72 | #2,510 |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 79 | #2,424 |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,762 |
| 2007 | 88 | #2,231 |
| 2006 | 91 | #2,127 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,179 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,941 |
| 2003 | 88 | #2,031 |
| 2002 | 67 | #2,376 |
| 2001 | 72 | #2,232 |
| 2000 | 80 | #2,051 |
| 1999 | 70 | #2,150 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
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