Noa is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “movement.” In 2024 it was given to 228 boys in the United States.
Noa belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “movement” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Noa first appears in Social Security records in 1978. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #985 in 2024, and in 2024 228 babies received the name — 2,206 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Noa means “movement” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Noa is a boy name. In 2024, 228 babies received the name in the US.
Noa comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Noa first appears in US records in 1978. Its best-ever ranking was #985 in 2024, and 228 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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