Noa
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Noa yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Noa has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | 16 |
| 1999 | – | 39 |
| 2000 | – | 44 |
| 2001 | – | 43 |
| 2002 | – | 62 |
| 2003 | – | 65 |
| 2004 | 7 | 55 |
| 2005 | 3 | 64 |
| 2006 | 8 | 61 |
| 2007 | 12 | 70 |
| 2008 | 5 | 62 |
| 2009 | 8 | 67 |
| 2010 | 6 | 82 |
| 2011 | 4 | 47 |
| 2012 | 4 | 75 |
| 2013 | 4 | 45 |
| 2014 | 6 | 80 |
| 2015 | 10 | 53 |
| 2016 | 5 | 63 |
| 2017 | 12 | 60 |
| 2018 | 2 | 56 |
| 2019 | 6 | 66 |
| 2020 | 7 | 62 |
| 2021 | 3 | 48 |
| 2022 | 5 | 52 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11 | 139 |
| 2000 | 14 | 180 |
| 2001 | 23 | 224 |
| 2002 | 28 | 288 |
| 2003 | 34 | 350 |
| 2004 | 42 | 404 |
| 2005 | 41 | 467 |
| 2006 | 46 | 522 |
| 2007 | 58 | 593 |
| 2008 | 67 | 660 |
| 2009 | 76 | 723 |
| 2010 | 82 | 808 |
| 2011 | 87 | 859 |
| 2012 | 92 | 934 |
| 2013 | 93 | 979 |
| 2014 | 104 | 1,059 |
| 2015 | 112 | 1,110 |
| 2016 | 118 | 1,184 |
| 2017 | 131 | 1,245 |
| 2018 | 134 | 1,307 |
| 2019 | 146 | 1,381 |
| 2020 | 155 | 1,441 |
Noa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Noa.Hi! My name is Noa.
- Noa bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Noa lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Noa har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Noa has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Noas mamma är lärare.Noa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Noas mamma is Noa's mum.
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Questions about Noa
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How popular is Noa in Sweden?
57 babies were named Noa in 2022. In 2020, 1,596 people in Sweden had Noa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.