as a First Name
Modern Jewish name, from a Hebrew vocabulary word meaning ‘delight, joy, pleasantness’ (compare Naomi, which is from the same Hebrew root). Its most famous bearer is the American linguist Noam Chomsky (b. 1928).
| 8,299th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 558
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 582
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Noam per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
0.77%
99.23%
0%
55+
55+
8%
30-54
30-54
11%
13-29
13-29
82%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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