Baby Names US
Unisex name ★ peaked 2025

Noor

Meaning A unisex given name from Arabic Gender Unisex · 88% girls Rank 2025 #659 Trend ↑ Rising 36%

A unisex given name from Arabic.

Rank 2025
#659
among girls · ↑52 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
478
named Noor · +10% vs 2024
How common
1 in 3,695
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
478 babies
All-time total
9,353
#1,873 all-time among girls
First recorded
1979
in Social Security records

Noor popularity over time

9,353 babies have been named Noor since 1979, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.080.150.230.318801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s – – – – – –
1970s 7 – 7 1 – #8,688
1980s 243 55 298 30 +4157% #2,330
1990s 1,053 156 1,209 121 +306% #1,093
2000s 2,124 286 2,410 241 +99% #1,033
2010s 2,673 322 2,995 300 +24% #855
2020s (to 2025) 2,176 258 2,434 406 +35% #659

Where Noor is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 458 0.28 outside top 500
2027 479 0.30 outside top 500
2028 497 0.31 outside top 500
2029 513 0.32 outside top 500
2030 527 0.33 outside top 500

Where Noor is most popular

Girls named Noor per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.231 per 1,000. Strongest in District of Columbia, Michigan, and Virginia.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Noor born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
District of Columbia 11 0.928 +302%
Michigan 153 0.840 +263%
Virginia 105 0.616 +167%
New York 240 0.606 +162%
New Jersey 86 0.476 +106%
Maryland 50 0.472 +104%
Illinois 108 0.472 +104%
Massachusetts 43 0.356 +54%
California 261 0.310 +34%
Pennsylvania 67 0.283 +23%
Washington 38 0.263 +14%
Ohio 57 0.240 ≈ national
Texas 187 0.232 ≈ national
Indiana 29 0.207 -11%
North Carolina 47 0.206 -11%
Connecticut 12 0.206 -11%
Florida 84 0.196 -15%
Georgia 36 0.158 -31%
Tennessee 19 0.120 -48%
Wisconsin 6 0.058 -75%
Louisiana 5 0.057 -75%
Minnesota 5 0.046 -80%
Missouri 5 0.041 -82%
Arizona 5 0.036 -85%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Colorado – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Noor

Noor is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #659 in 2025 with 435 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1979, 9,353 American babies have been named Noor, about 88% girls and 12% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2025, when 478 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Noor stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Noor?

The median living Noor is about 13 years old; half are between 5 and 22. An estimated 9,300 people named Noor are alive in the United States today.

median 13 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Noor year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 435 #659 43 #2,917
2024 395 #711 38 #3,200
2023 356 #793 46 #2,789
2022 368 #774 54 #2,549
2021 321 #854 42 #2,954
2020 301 #887 35 #3,250
2019 284 #932 35 #3,319
2018 317 #855 41 #2,925
2017 313 #876 37 #3,176
2016 308 #903 33 #3,414
2015 273 #991 41 #2,902
2014 256 #1,022 24 #4,226
2013 231 #1,072 20 #4,753
2012 220 #1,124 26 #3,975
2011 241 #1,034 28 #3,762
2010 230 #1,087 37 #3,117
2009 223 #1,139 29 #3,699
2008 238 #1,094 30 #3,626
2007 205 #1,223 41 #2,909
2006 227 #1,105 32 #3,360
2005 203 #1,148 45 #2,518
2004 202 #1,134 22 #4,096
2003 212 #1,061 22 #3,934
2002 203 #1,055 25 #3,531
2001 209 #1,033 25 #3,483
2000 202 #1,041 15 #4,978
1995 94 #1,603 17 #3,804
1990 54 #2,335 12 #4,593
1985 29 #3,145 7 #5,582
1980 7 #8,780 6 #6,023
1975 – – – –
1970 – – – –
1965 – – – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
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1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Noor

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Noor Jehan Noor Jehan Pakistani singer and actress (1926–2000) Contemporary
  2. 2 Noor Inayat Khan Noor Inayat Khan WW2 SOE British agent (1914–1944) Contemporary
  3. 3 Noor Hassanali Noor Hassanali President of Trinidad and Tobago from 1987 to 1997 1918–2006 · Contemporary
  4. 4 Noor Sabri Noor Sabri Iraqi footballer b. 1984 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Noor, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Noor?

The median living Noor is about 13 years old. Half of all living Noors are between 5 and 22 years old.

How many people named Noor are alive today?

An estimated 9,300 people named Noor are alive in the United States, based on 9,353 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Noor mean?

A unisex given name from Arabic.

How popular is the name Noor in 2025?

Noor ranked #659 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 435 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Noor?

9,353 babies have been named Noor in the United States since 1979, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Noor most popular?

Noor peaked in 2025, when 478 newborns received the name.

Is Noor a boy or girl name?

Noor is used for both: about 88% of babies named Noor have been girls and 12% boys.

Is the name Noor rising or falling?

Noor is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Noor become more popular?

Noor is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 527 girls named Noor in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Noor?

Well-known people named Noor include Noor Jehan (actor), Noor Inayat Khan (writer), Noor Hassanali (politician).

Names like Noor

Names that sound and feel close to Noor: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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