Noe
Masculine · “rest”
Noe is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 23,494 boys against 436 girls since 1880.
Noe is the form the name of the flood-builder took in Latin and Greek long before English settled on Noah — three letters, two syllables, an open vowel at each end. It traveled into Spanish and French as Noé, and it is that line, rather than the English one, that carries it through the households of Texas, California and Arizona today.
How old is the name Noe?
Noe first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Noe alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 21,500 people named Noe are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Noe most popular?
Noe peaked in 2005, reaching #430 nationally. Today it ranks #754, 324 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
Where it comes from
From Noach to Noe
The story of Noe
The name begins as Hebrew Noach, borne by the builder of the ark in Genesis. When the Hebrew scriptures were translated into Greek at Alexandria, the name was written Nōe, and Latin scripture kept that shape — which is why medieval Europe knew the patriarch as Noe rather than Noah. Spanish, French and Portuguese all inherited the Latin form and added the accent, Noé, while English went back to the Hebrew spelling and produced Noah. Both roads are still open, and Noe is the older-looking of the two.
Meaning
rest, repose
The Hebrew name Noach is generally read as 'rest' or 'repose'. Genesis itself plays on a second, similar-sounding Hebrew root meaning 'to comfort', which is why 'comfort' often appears alongside the older reading.
How the name formed
- Noach
- Nōe
- Noe
- Noé
- Noah
Related forms: Noé · Noé · Noé · Noah · Noè · Noach
Pronouncing Noe
no-AY
The Spanish and French pronunciation stresses the second syllable: no-AY. Many English speakers reach instead for NO-ee, and some say it as a single-syllable NOH. All three are heard in the United States, so it is worth deciding early which one your family uses.
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
- 1914
- Most boys named
- 2007635 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #430reached in 2005
- Change vs 2023
- +13.3%341 in 2025, from 301
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.
Noe in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Noé in Spanish — spelling variant
- Noé in French — spelling variant
- Noé in Portuguese — spelling variant
- Noah in English — same name
- Noè in Italian — spelling variant
- Noach in Hebrew — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Arizona.
Noes among us
people named Noe are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 5,009 born in 2025 was named Noe
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Demarcus test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Noe's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Demarcus climbed just as high around 1988, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Demarcus's path sketches the road Noe is walking now.
Noe 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 Noe is headed
Noe should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High 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.
Noe beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Noe in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Three letters, no silent ones, and no letter combinations that need explaining — easy to write down at any age.
- Fully at home in Spanish, French and Portuguese as Noé, and instantly recognizable in English through Noah.
- A documented record stretching back through Latin scripture to the Greek translators of the Hebrew Bible.
- Steadily represented year after year rather than tied to one fashion moment, so it does not date a child to a decade.
- The pronunciation genuinely varies — no-AY, NO-ee, NOH — and a child with this name will spend some of their life correcting people, or choosing to let it go.
- The Spanish form carries an accent, Noé, which US forms and databases routinely drop. Decide which spelling is the official one and expect the other to appear anyway.
- Noah is far more widely known in English, so Noe will sometimes be heard, written or autocorrected as Noah.
- It is uncommon enough that most classrooms will hold only one — a plus for many families, and worth knowing if you were hoping for instant recognition.
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Masculine · #754 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Noes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 21,500 people named Noe are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Noe in 2025?
- Noe ranks #754 among US boy names in 2025, with 341 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Noe?
- About 1 in every 5,009 US boys born in 2025 was named Noe — 341 in all.
- Will my child share the name Noe with classmates?
- Noe will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Noe
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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