Nuh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOOH
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #709 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Nuh is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “rest, repose”. In 2025 it ranked 709th for boys in the UK (55 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Nuh mean?
Hebrew: the Arabic form of Noah
“rest, repose”
Nuh is the Qur'anic name of Noah; the 71st surah of the Qur'an is named after him.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Nuh a girl's or a boy's name?
Nuh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nuh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 709th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 55 about 1 in 5,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 55 boys in the UK were named Nuh, making it the 709th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 960th.
2025 had the most boys named Nuh of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Nuh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 81 boys in the UK were given Nuh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #500, up from #709 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 658th in England and Wales.
Nuh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #709 |
| 2024 | 37 | #923 |
| 2023 | 48 | #770 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,048 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,110 |
| 2020 | 33 | #960 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,082 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,002 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,163 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
How popular is Nuh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,088th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Nuh, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most boys named Nuh of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Nuh in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were given Nuh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,726, up from #3,088 for this spelling alone.
Nuh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Nuh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Zayd, Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Ayyub, Zakariya, Hamza, Huzaifa, Musab
Other spellings of Nuh
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Nuh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nuh, updated 20 October 2026.