Noah Boy Name

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The name Noah is of Hebrew origin, and means rest. The table below indicates the number of times the name Noah has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Noah**
Use of the Name Noah for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
149,455	139,387	131,514	111,666	63,176	23,476	11,709

The table below indicates the number of times the name Noah has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Noah**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	130	103
1881	153	81
1882	129	108
1883	159	81
1884	146	94
1885	174	76
1886	156	90
1887	138	94
1888	178	83
1889	159	85
1890	182	74
1891	170	76
1892	195	79
1893	205	69
1894	198	74
1895	202	72
1896	218	69
1897	231	58
1898	211	68
1899	245	47
1900	204	92
1901	232	56
1902	215	69
1903	267	48
1904	283	46
1905	253	60
1906	254	61
1907	271	60
1908	257	68
1909	286	62
1910	261	88
1911	292	82
1912	357	115
1913	347	141
1914	361	171
1915	392	189
1916	356	229
1917	382	219
1918	379	246
1919	364	253
1920	383	242
1921	384	248
1922	390	238
1923	374	256
1924	388	241
1925	403	221
1926	383	235
1927	391	231
1928	462	173
1929	417	199
1930	428	191
1931	420	180
1932	417	180
1933	418	170
1934	471	145
1935	423	173
1936	468	144
1937	476	143
1938	478	146
1939	513	123
1940	473	150
1941	472	158
1942	465	179
1943	496	155
1944	488	156
1945	518	134
1946	564	129
1947	539	156
1948	546	150
1949	556	146
1950	547	152
1951	545	154
1952	586	142
1953	558	161
1954	643	131
1955	645	133
1956	650	135
1957	619	153
1958	660	135
1959	622	155
1960	669	137
1961	684	126
1962	658	139
1963	695	125
1964	660	138
1965	678	120
1966	597	158
1967	601	155
1968	575	173
1969	489	247
1970	447	338
1971	367	475
1972	384	420
1973	346	491
1974	325	542
1975	314	569
1976	324	539
1977	285	679
1978	282	686
1979	242	905
1980	241	924
1981	180	1,394
1982	155	1,801
1983	170	1,535
1984	194	1,242
1985	218	1,103
1986	227	1,031
1987	240	982
1988	230	1,052
1989	221	1,227
1990	228	1,296
1991	226	1,305
1992	219	1,410
1993	205	1,491
1994	159	2,055
1995	100	3,809
1996	50	7,162
1997	38	9,247
1998	29	13,383
1999	24	14,889
2000	27	14,242
2001	28	13,436
2002	31	12,022
2003	31	11,767
2004	29	11,709
Totals:		149,455		0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Noah as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.

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