Naomy
Feminine · “pleasantness”
Naomy is a spelling of Naomi, and the book of Ruth uses the name's meaning against itself — she asks to be called bitter instead.
How old is the name Naomy?
Naomy first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Naomy alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 1,800 people named Naomy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Naomy most popular?
Naomy peaked in 2008, reaching #1756 nationally. Today it ranks #4460, 2,704 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Naomy
Ours, offered as ours. The renaming scene in Ruth is one of the rawest things in the Hebrew Bible: a woman comes home widowed and childless and tells her neighbors not to use her name any more, because it means pleasant and nothing about her is. The text records the request and then goes on calling her Naomi anyway, which may be the most quietly merciful editorial decision in scripture. Naomy is a modern respelling of that name.
Meaning
pleasantness, delight
From Hebrew noam, pleasantness; the text plays on it directly, having Naomi say do not call me Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me. Mara means bitter.
Pronouncing Naomy
nay-OH-mee
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Hebrew gives no-oh-MEE.
Nicknames for Naomy
Moderate
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
- 1981
- Most girls named
- 2008126 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1756reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- −11.4%31 in 2025, from 35
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.
Naomy in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Naomi in English — spelling variant
- Noomi in Hebrew — same name
- Noemí in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Naomys among us
people named Naomy are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 51,847 born in 2025 was named Naomy
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Naomy
- #4460
- Naomy on the 2025 chart
- #52
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Naomy went to 31 girls in 2025, but Naomi is the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 4,686, which makes it the 52nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,408 places above the chart.
- Naomi4,644
- Naomy31
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 girl in 343 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 51,847 for Naomy 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Cherice test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Naomy's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cherice climbed just as high around 1975, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cherice's path sketches the road Naomy is walking now.
Naomy 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 Naomy is headed
Naomy should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Naomy beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Naomy in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that the biblical text uses deliberately and painfully.
- Nomi is a complete short form in its own right.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Naomi is the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- The stress differs between the Hebrew and American readings.
- Naomy, Naomi and Noemi are all in use and only Naomi is common in English.
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Frequently asked
- How many Naomys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Naomy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Naomy?
- Naomy is one of 2 recorded spellings. Naomi is the more common one — 4,644 births in 2025 against 31 for Naomy.
- How popular is the name Naomy in 2025?
- Naomy ranks #4460 among US girl names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Naomy?
- About 1 in every 51,847 US girls born in 2025 was named Naomy — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Naomy with classmates?
- Naomy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Naomy
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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