Given name & surname
Nuh
Nuh is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in English, Turkish, and Malay.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nuh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 335
- 335 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 39
- #3,114 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +68%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 39 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,114 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 67.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida, Illinois, Ohio and 1 other areas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 230 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nuh’s family of names
Nuh has a conventional equivalent in the English form Noah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nuh
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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