Noa is a distinctive choice, ranked #227 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Noa in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#227
US Rank #226
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About the Name Noa
Noa is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 210 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #228 in 2023 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1997.
Noa is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Noa in their class.
It ranks similarly in the US at #226, suggesting broad transatlantic appeal.
⭐ Famous People Named Noa
Noa Essengue — Noa Essengue is a French professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Noa Man — Noa Diorgina Man is a Dutch freerunner and traceur.
Noa Leatomu — Noa Johanna Christina Cornelia Leatomu is a professional footballer who plays as a Wing-back or Winger.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Noa
Unlikely. With around 205 UK babies named Noa per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Noa in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Noa is at its highest recorded position — #227 in 2025, with 205 births. In 2020 it ranked #454.
Noa is more popular in the UK (#244) than in the US (#253). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Noa include: Noa Essengue, Noa Man and Noa Leatomu. Short summaries for each appear below.
Noa appears in the US top 500 at #253 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
205
UK babies named Noa (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 227 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Noa
Almost certainly the only Noa in the class
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UK Popularity (1997–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Noa
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Hikari Noa, is a Japanese professional wrestler, known for her time in Japanese professional wrestling promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, where she was an International Princess Champion and a Princess Tag Team Champion.
Noa Noëll Lang is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left winger or left midfielder for Süper Lig club Galatasaray, on loan from Serie A club Napoli, and the Netherlands national team.