Noam
Noam is a Hebrew name that means "gentleness", "pleasantness" or "peacefulness". It started as the male version of Na'omi, but today is a very common Hebrew name for people of any gender. The common name day is 7 December.
- Hebrew
- French
Meaning & Origin of Noam
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Noam is a Hebrew name that means "gentleness", "pleasantness" or "peacefulness". It started as the male version of Na'omi, but today is a very common Hebrew name for people of any gender. The common name day is 7 December.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
- French
The Story of Noam
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Noam as a girl name dates back to 1989, when 5 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Noam — #8,518 in the national rankings. About 40% of every Noam on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Noam last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 236 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Noam on the record books as a boy name in 1961, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 125 Noams were born — ranking #1,442 that year. About 33% of every Noam on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Noam ranks #1,474 for boys with 123 births, gradually rising (+12%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Noam
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Names that sound like Noam
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About the name Noam
Noam is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Noam's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #1,434. Use the chart and map above to compare Noam's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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