Noam is a boy's name of English origin meaning “pleasantness; a male name.” In 2024 it was given to 125 boys in the United States.
Noam belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “pleasantness; a male name” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Noam first appears in Social Security records in 1961. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1437 in 2015, and in 2024 125 babies received the name — 2,747 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Noam means “pleasantness; a male name” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Noam is a boy name. In 2024, 125 babies received the name in the US.
Noam comes from the English & American tradition.
Noam first appears in US records in 1961. Its best-ever ranking was #1437 in 2015, and 125 babies were given the name in 2024.
Noam is pronounced /ˈnoʊəm/ (IPA).
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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