Naomi

What Naomi means

Means “my pleasantness”

From Hebrew נָעֳמִי (no'omí, literally “my pleasantness”), from נועם / נֹעַם (nó'am, “pleasantness”) + ־ִי (-í, “my, of me”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Naomi” (revision 94541975), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Naomi?

US: Rising: up from #75 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #158 in 2015, #166 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 4,644 girls got the name (#47 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 346 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 856 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 577 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (10.4 per 1,000 girls), HI (7.46 per 1,000 girls), AK (6.65 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Naomi is #47 in the US and #166 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9% of US babies named Naomi were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Noemi509 US · 31 E&W
• Nami156 US · 5 E&W
• Naima94 US · 12 E&W
• Nomi59 US
• Naomy31 US
• Naama17 US
• Naomii11 US
• Naami6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Naomi

Girls

• Ezra#833Editor’s note Up from #1,199 in 2015 to #833 in 2025 in the US
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Hadassah#569“myrtle”^*
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Rivka#628Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…^*

For a brother

• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Asa#483“physician, doctor, healer”^*
• Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
• Josias#950Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1975, with 5 babies
• Hezekiah#485“Yahu is My Strength”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, Japanese, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Naomi’s. Rank is US 2025.