Recorded 1979–2025 · United States
Noor was most popular in 2025, when 478 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,207 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,207, with 478 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 9,353 people named Noor.
Noor first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1979, which makes it about 46 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 47 of the 47 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 9,353 American births named Noor between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 9,262 are estimated to be alive today.
478 American babies were named Noor in 2025, ranking #1,207 that year.
Noor is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 420 births a year, against 272 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +54% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Noor is mostly a girl’s name — 88.5% of the 9,353 Americans given it were girls and 11.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 89% girls and 11% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 9,262 Americans named Noor are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 6 and 23.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org