Given name & surname
Noa
“an active woman; movement”
Noa is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “an active woman; movement.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “an active woman; movement.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Noa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,249
- 2,434 boys · 11,815 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 1,573 babies
- 2025
- 1,573
- #226 for girls · #1,006 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +138%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 13% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,348 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 226 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 135.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 225 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (199). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,752 as a first name in 2020; 1,304 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Noa’s family of names
In French usage, Noa has a related form in Noah. In Hawaiian usage, Noa has a conventional equivalent in the English form Noah. Noa has a related form in Noah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Noa has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Noa
- Noa LangDutch association football player (born 1999)
- Noa KirelIsraeli singer, actress, dancer, and television hostborn 2001
- Noa CohenIsraeli actress, model and television hostborn 2002
- Noa EssengueFrench basketball player (born 2006)
- Noa ArgamaniIsraeli hostage taken by Hamas in 2023born 1997
- Noa TsurushimaJapanese actressborn 2001
- Noa KolerIsraeli actressborn 1981
- Noa-Lynn van LeuvenDutch darts playerborn 1996
- Noa PothovenDutch mental health activist and author2001–2019
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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