Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Noir isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Noir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 134
- 56 boys · 78 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #12,830 for girls · #13,348 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +194%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,830 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Noir’s family of names
In French usage, Noir as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Black. In French usage, Noir as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Romanian form NEGRU. In French usage, Noir as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the German form SCHWARTZ.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Noir has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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