Noam

Noam: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“pleasantness”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
NOH-ahm · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (92% of all uses)

From Hebrew No'am, meaning pleasantness or delight. It is a traditional Hebrew given name used for both males and females in Israeli usage.

How popular is Noam?

202438.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Noam in 2024125

2024 rank#1,447 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,983

Noam has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Noam

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Noam questions

What does the name Noam mean?

Noam means "pleasantness". It comes from Hebrew. From Hebrew No'am, meaning pleasantness or delight. It is a traditional Hebrew given name used for both males and females in Israeli usage.

Is Noam a boy or girl name?

Noam is mainly a boy's name in US records (92% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Noam?

125 US babies were named Noam in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Noam?

Noam is usually pronounced NOH-ahm.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.