Noa
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Meaning
movement (Hebrew, the biblical daughter's name, distinct from Noah, "rest")
The story
Noa appears among five sisters who refuse to let a missing son erase their father’s place in the family. In Numbers, they stand together before Moses and the assembled community to ask for their father’s inheritance. Their request succeeds, with a specific condition: a daughter inherits when a man leaves no son. The story continues in Joshua, where the sisters return, recall the instruction and receive their share among their father’s relatives. The biblical daughter’s Hebrew name, Noa, is usually understood as “motion”; it is written differently from the masculine Noah associated with “rest.” That distinction belongs to this Hebrew route, since the same Roman spelling can have other histories. Here the movement is also in the action: the sisters make a request, obtain a promise and later come back to see it honored.
How popular is Noa around the world?
In the United States, 7,302 babies were named Noa between 2020 and 2025. In France, about 715 boys named Noa were born in 2025, the 85th most common name among boys that year.
Noa is on the official records of the United States, France, Spain, Norway, Austria, England and Wales, Canada, Scotland, Argentina, New Zealand, Chile, Ireland, Mexico City, South Australia, Brazil and Poland.
Noa crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish
United States
1 in 3,000
In the United States, 7,302 babies were named Noa between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Noa peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
France
1 in 620
In France, about 715 boys named Noa were born in 2025, the 85th most common name among boys that year.
In France, about 320 girls named Noa were born in 2025, the 175th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Spain
1 in 1,100
In Spain, 40,682 residents are named Noa, the 110th most common name among women, with a mean age of 10.9 years.
In Spain, Noa was the 24th most common name among girls born in 2024.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Norway
1 in 1,600register 2026
In Norway, 17 boys were given the name Noa in 2025.
share of the boys on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure
People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)
Austria
1 in 2,200
In Austria, 28 boys named Noa were born in 2025, the 213th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
In Austria, 7 girls named Noa were born in 2025, the 620th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
England and Wales
1 in 2,300
In England and Wales, 205 girls named Noa were born in 2025, the 227th most common name among girls that year.
In England and Wales, 54 boys named Noa were born in 2025, the 668th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
1 in 2,300
In Canada, 129 girls named Noa were born in 2024, the 222nd most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Scotland
1 in 2,900
In Scotland, 16 girls named Noa were registered in 2024, the 230th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Argentina
1 in 3,400
In Argentina, 193 newborns were given the name Noa in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
New Zealand
1 in 3,600
In New Zealand, 16 girls named Noa were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Chile
1 in 4,600
In Chile, 30 girls were registered as Noa in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
In Chile, 9 boys were registered as Noa in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Ireland
1 in 5,400
In Ireland, 10 girls named Noa were born in 2025, the 381st most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Mexico City City
1 in 6,500
In Mexico City, there were 18 registrations of Noa in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (2 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
South Australia
1 in 9,2002017
In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Noa in 2017.
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Noa in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Brazil
1 in 20,000
At the 2022 census, 10,168 people in Brazil were named Noa, ranked 1,694th, with a median age of 1.
Among people named Noa living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 8,428 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Poland
1 in 120,000
In Poland, 2 girls named Noa were born in 2025, the 706th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)
Montevideo City
last on record 2010
Noa is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Puerto Rico
last on record 2024
Noa is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 98 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
share of that year’s births on record
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
When you meet Noa
Most people given the name Noa in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
Where Noa travels
Castilian · A contemporary favorite across Spain, including top-ten use for girls in several regions.
Dutch · A familiar contemporary girls' name in the Netherlands.
Japanese · An independent modern Japanese given name, often written 乃愛.
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