Nomi
Feminine · “my pleasantness”
Nomi is what Israelis call a Naomi. Hebrew shortens names hard and adds nothing back, so a four-syllable biblical name becomes two crisp ones, and the short form has long since stopped needing the long one.
How old is the name Nomi?
Nomi first appears in US birth records in 1954 — 71 years ago. The typical Nomi is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Nomi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Nomi most popular?
Nomi peaked in 2024, reaching #2508 nationally. Today it ranks #2859, 351 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From No'omi to Nomi
The story of Nomi
Naomi is the mother-in-law in the book of Ruth, who asks on her return to Bethlehem to be called Mara — bitter — instead of Naomi, because of what has happened to her. Modern Hebrew took the name up as an ordinary one and shortened it the way it shortens everything: Nomi, Noa, Rina, Tali. The short forms in Israeli naming are frequently registered as the full legal name, which is not how English usually treats them, and Nomi reaches United States records both from Israeli families and as an English trimming.
Meaning
my pleasantness
Through Naomi, Hebrew No'omi, built on na'im, 'pleasant, agreeable', with a possessive ending. The reading is documented and undisputed. Nomi is the ordinary Israeli short form and carries the meaning unchanged; it is also a modern given name in its own right in Israel rather than only a nickname.
How the name formed
- No'omi
- Naomi
- Nomi
Related forms: No'omi · Naomi · Naomi
Pronouncing Nomi
NO-mee
Two syllables, stress on the first in English. Israeli Hebrew puts it on the second, no-MEE, as Hebrew usually does. Both are heard in American use depending on the family.
Nicknames for Nomi
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
- 1954
- Most girls named
- 202471 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2508reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −16.9%59 in 2025, from 71
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.
Nomi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- No'omi in Hebrew — related form
- Naomi in English — related form
- Naomi in Japanese — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, North Carolina.
Nomis among us
people named Nomi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 27,242 born in 2025 was named Nomi
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 Sonali test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Nomi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sonali climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sonali's path sketches the road Nomi is walking now.
Nomi 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 Nomi is headed
Nomi looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 25% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
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.
Nomi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Nomi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters and two syllables, said correctly by English speakers at first sight.
- Naomi stands behind it as a full formal name whenever one is wanted.
- In genuine everyday use in Israel rather than being a made-up shortening.
- The stress falls differently in Hebrew and English, so the child will hear two versions.
- It is a short form by origin and may read as informal on official documents.
- Nomi, Noemi and Naomi all circulate and get confused in speech.
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Frequently asked
- How many Nomis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Nomi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Nomi in 2025?
- Nomi ranks #2859 among US girl names in 2025, with 59 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Nomi?
- About 1 in every 27,242 US girls born in 2025 was named Nomi — 59 in all.
- Will my child share the name Nomi with classmates?
- Nomi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Nomi
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