Niomi
Feminine · “pleasantness”
Niomi is a phonetic respelling of Naomi, a name from the book of Ruth that means pleasantness — and one whose bearer, in the story, asks to be called the opposite.
How old is the name Niomi?
Niomi first appears in US birth records in 1963 — 62 years ago. The typical Niomi is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,300 people named Niomi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Niomi most popular?
Niomi peaked in 2020, reaching #2549 nationally. Today it ranks #3342, 793 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Noomi to Niomi
The story of Niomi
Naomi is one of the two women at the center of the book of Ruth, and the story turns on loyalty between them rather than on any man in it. The name has been in English use since the Reformation. Naomi is genuinely ambiguous in English spelling — nay-OH-mee and NY-oh-mee are both heard — and Niomi is one of several respellings that fix the first vowel, alongside Neomi and Nyomi.
Meaning
pleasantness, sweetness
From Hebrew Noomi, built on a root meaning pleasant; in the book of Ruth, Naomi returns from Moab bereaved and asks to be called Mara, bitter, which nobody does.
How the name formed
- Noomi
- Naomi
- Niomi
Related forms: Naomi · Noomi · Noémie · Noemí
Pronouncing Niomi
ny-OH-mee
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The spelling fixes the first vowel, which Naomi leaves open.
Nicknames for Niomi
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
- 1963
- Most girls named
- 202067 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2549reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −8.0%46 in 2025, from 50
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.
Niomi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Naomi in English — spelling variant
- Noomi in Hebrew — same name
- Noémie in French — same name
- Noemí in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, North Carolina, Florida.
Niomis among us
people named Niomi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 34,941 born in 2025 was named Niomi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Niomi
- #3342
- Niomi on the 2025 chart
- #589
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Niomi went to 46 girls in 2025, but Nyomi, Niyomi and Nyomii are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 401, which makes it the 589th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,753 places above the chart.
- Nyomi330
- Niomi46
- Niyomi15
- Nyomii10
About 1 girl in 4,008 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 34,941 for Niomi 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 Chardonnay test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Niomi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Chardonnay climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Chardonnay's path sketches the road Niomi is walking now.
Niomi 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 Niomi is headed
Niomi 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.
Niomi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Niomi 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 with one of the most quietly moving stories in the Hebrew Bible behind it.
- The spelling does one useful job: it settles a genuinely ambiguous first vowel.
- Naomi is familiar everywhere, so the name is never opaque.
- Naomi is the standard spelling and will be written for her on nearly every form.
- Niomi, Nyomi and Neomi are all in use and none is standard.
- The respelling loses the visible connection to the biblical name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Niomis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Niomi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Niomi?
- Niomi is one of 4 recorded spellings. Nyomi is the more common one — 330 births in 2025 against 46 for Niomi.
- How popular is the name Niomi in 2025?
- Niomi ranks #3342 among US girl names in 2025, with 46 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Niomi?
- About 1 in every 34,941 US girls born in 2025 was named Niomi — 46 in all.
- Will my child share the name Niomi with classmates?
- Niomi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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