Naomi
Masculine · Hebrew roots · “Pleasantness”
Naomi is given to girls far more often — 191,547 girls against 290 boys since 1880. See Naomi as a girl name
Naomi entered the US charts in 1915, peaked at #2229 in 1924, ranks #12008 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Naomi?
Naomi first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Naomi alive today was born around 1941, making them about 84 years old. About 200 people named Naomi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Naomi most popular?
Naomi peaked in 1924, reaching #2229 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 9,779 places below that high. See the whole 1924 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Naʿomi (Hebrew) to Naomi
The story of Naomi
The name is Hebrew, and its written life begins in the Book of Ruth. The Greek translators of the Hebrew Bible rendered it Noemin, and the Latin Vulgate Noemi — the form that still stands in Italian, Spanish and Polish. English use came later, with the Protestant turn to Old Testament names in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and it traveled with English-speaking settlers from there. Separately and by pure coincidence, Naomi is also a native Japanese name written with kanji such as 直美, meaning something like 'honest beauty'; the two names look identical in the Latin alphabet and share no history at all.
Meaning
Pleasantness; pleasant, agreeable
From the Hebrew root naʿem, 'to be pleasant or sweet'. The Book of Ruth plays on it directly: returning widowed, Naomi tells the women of Bethlehem to call her Mara, 'bitter', instead.
How the name formed
- NaʿomiHebrew
- NoeminGreek Septuagint
- NoemiLatin Vulgate
- NaomiEnglish
Related forms: נעמי (Naʿomi) · Noémie · Noemi · Noemí · Noemi · Noemin
Pronouncing Naomi
nay-OH-mee
nay-OH-mee is standard in American English; some speakers stress the first syllable instead, NAY-oh-mee. The Hebrew is closer to nah-oh-MEE, with the weight at the end, and Japanese bearers of the identical spelling say nah-oh-mee with even syllables.
Nicknames for Naomi
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most boys named
- 192414 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2229reached in 1924
- Change vs 2023
- −16.7%5 in 2025, from 6
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.
Naomi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- נעמי (Naʿomi) in Hebrew — same name
- Noémie in French — related form
- Noemi in Italian — related form
- Noemí in Spanish — related form
- Noemi in Polish — related form
- Noemin in Greek — transliteration
Naomis among us
people named Naomi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Naomi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Fashion outlook
Naomi 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
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Frequently asked
- How many Naomis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Naomi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Naomi in 2025?
- Naomi ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Naomi?
- About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Naomi — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Naomi with classmates?
- Naomi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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