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Naiomi

Feminine · “pleasant”

1973high 2025
#2239 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare82 girls in 2025

Naiomi respells Naomi — pleasant, in Hebrew — and Naomi tells the women of Bethlehem to call her Bitter instead.

How old is the name Naiomi?

Naiomi first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Naiomi is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Naiomi are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Naiomi most popular?

Naiomi peaked in 2025, reaching #2239 nationally. Today it ranks #2239, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Naiomi

Returning widowed and childless, Naomi says do not call me Naomi but Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me — a line that works only because her name means pleasant. The book ends with her holding Ruth's child. Naiomi appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

pleasant, agreeable

Through Naomi, from the Hebrew No'omi, from na'im, 'pleasant'. The book of Ruth turns on the word: she asks to be called Mara, 'bitter'. The Naiomi spelling is a modern variant. The Hebrew is transparent and undisputed.

How the name formed

  1. na'im
  2. No'omi
  3. Naomi
  4. Naiomi

Related forms: Naomi · נעמי · Noemí

Pronouncing Naiomi

nay-OH-mee

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Naiomi and Naomi are said identically.

Nicknames for Naiomi

Moderate

NaiThe front of the name, used inside families rather than generally
OmiThe back of the name, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1973–2025824108219732025

US babies named Naiomi per year from 1973 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#22391970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1973
Most girls named
202582 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2239reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+39.0%82 in 2025, from 59
Naiomi sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 82 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Naiomi in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Naomi in English — spelling variant
  • נעמי in Hebrew — related form
  • Noemí in Spanish — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, Texas.

Naiomis among us

1,200

people named Naiomi are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 19,601 born in 2025 was named Naiomi

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Naiomi

#2239
Naiomi on the 2025 chart
#812
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Naiomi went to 82 girls in 2025, but Nayomi and Naiyomi are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 148, which makes it the 812th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,427 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 10,860 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,601 for Naiomi itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Nakiyah test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Naiomi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nakiyah climbed just as high around 2005, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nakiyah's path sketches the road Naiomi is walking now.

40%chance Naiomi will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Naiomi, aligned on its peakNakiyah· peak 2005not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+20 yrsNakiyah · #6505Naiomi today
Naiomi today is about where Nakiyah stood in 2005 — in its own peak year. By 2020, Nakiyah had settled around #6505.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Naiomi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Naiomi is headed

19732030

US babies named Naiomi per year, 1973 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Naiomi should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Steady-1% by 2030projected around #2,363 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Naiomi beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Naiomi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Naiomithis name82#2239Kelsie82#2239Mirabelle82#2239Desire82#2239Jazmyn82#2239

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That she asks to be renamed Bitter is a first-rate use of a name's meaning.
  • The pleasant meaning is transparent and undisputed.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • Naomi is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
  • The extra i invites constant correction.
  • Several spellings are in circulation across languages.

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Frequently asked

How many Naiomis are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Naiomi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Naiomi?
Naiomi is the most-used spelling in US records — 82 of the 148 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Nayomi and Naiyomi.
How popular is the name Naiomi in 2025?
Naiomi ranks #2239 among US girl names in 2025, with 82 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Naiomi?
About 1 in every 19,601 US girls born in 2025 was named Naiomi — 82 in all.
Will my child share the name Naiomi with classmates?
Naiomi will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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