Noa
Pronounced N OW1 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 94 years in use
- Biblical
- 1 spelling
How popular is Noa?
Noa is a girls' name, and first appears in 1931. It has been given to 15,126 children — the 1,101st most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 1,804 children were given it.
Noah is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Noa and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Noah
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- N OW1 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Noa
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Noa
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Noa?
- Noa ranks 1,101st among girls' names in US records, with 15,126 births since 1931. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,319.
- Is Noa a unisex name?
- No. Noa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Noa most popular?
- 2024, when 1,804 children were given the name. It has been in use for 94 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Noa spelled?
- Noah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.