Noura
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOO-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #468 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,214 for girls
Noura is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 468th for girls in the UK (94 babies) and 2,214th for girls in the US (83 babies).
What does Noura mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nura
“light”
From the Arabic nur, 'light', the word behind Noor and Nour.
Is Noura a girl's or a boy's name?
Noura is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 94 girls in the UK and 83 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Noura in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 468th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 94 about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 161% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 94 girls in the UK were named Noura, making it the 468th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Noura of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Noura in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 212 girls in the UK were given Noura or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #249, up from #468 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 431st in England and Wales.
Noura in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #468 |
| 2024 | 70 | #604 |
| 2023 | 53 | #736 |
| 2022 | 33 | #1,091 |
| 2021 | 42 | #906 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Noura in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,214th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 83 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were named Noura, making it the 2,214th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 92 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Noura in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 212 girls in the US were given Noura or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,020, up from #2,214 for this spelling alone.
Noura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,214 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,080 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,704 |
| 2022 | 77 | #2,388 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
Names like Noura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Rahma, Zainab, Huda, Ayah, Abeeha, Amira, Nusaybah, Khadija, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Noura
Names related to Noura
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, “Noura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/noura, updated 20 October 2026.