Noe

What Noe means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Noe yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #630 in 2015 to #754 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Noe?

US: Falling: down from #630 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2483 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2005, when 619 boys got the name (#430 that year). First in the US records in 1914.

How common

• About 1 in 5,009 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 22,661 baby boys in England and Wales 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 AZ (0.61 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.51 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.47 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Noe is #754 in the US and #2014 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.1% of US babies named Noe were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Noah20,358 US · 4,075 E&W
• Noa225 US · 54 E&W
• Nuh39 US · 55 E&W
• Nouh26 US · 19 E&W
• Nooh12 US · 7 E&W
• Knoa12 US
• Noeh6 US
• Nai6 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 Noe

Boys

• Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Caleb#58possibly “dog”^*
• Cole#182“coal, coal-black”^*
• Kaleb#295“dog”^*
• Oscar#223Editor’s note Down from #181 in 2015 to #223 in 2025 in the US
• Nathaniel#140“God has given”^*

For a sister

• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies
• Natalie#89Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 10,951 babies; 2,736 in 2025
• Maggie#294Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Faith#254Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #90 in 2015, #254 in 2025
• Mackenzie#228“son, descendant + of Coinneach”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Noe’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.