UK boy's name
Noah-James
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Noah-James is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Noah-James popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1053, with 28 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2022, with 39 births.
This profile covers 287 England and Wales registrations across 16 recorded years from 2005 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 72% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 288 living people in the UK are called Noah-James. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Noah-James ranked #1053 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 28 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2022, when 39 boys were registered as Noah-James.
- • Noah-James ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #703 in 2022.
- • About 288 living people in the UK are estimated to have Noah-James as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1053
2024
Births in 2024
28
Latest year
Peak year
2022
39 births
Estimated living
288
2026
Popularity
Noah-James over time
The chart below shows babies named Noah-James registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2005 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Noah-James, the clearest high point is 2022. The latest England and Wales figure is 28 births in 2024, compared with 39 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Noah-James by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Noah-James was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #998 | 151 | 5 |
| 2010s | #2252 | 132 | 10 |
| 2000s | #3208 | 4 | 1 |
Geography
Where Noah-James is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Noah-James. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Noah-James ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #703 in 2022.
Across the UK
Noah-James in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#703 in 2022
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Noah-James
- Noah 72,596
- Nathan 46,860
- Nicholas 15,983
- Nathaniel 12,151
- Niall 5,746
- Nicolas 3,825
- Nico 3,532
- Nate 2,029
- Nikodem 1,872
- Noel 1,865
- Ned 1,614
- Neo 1,563
FAQ
Noah-James: questions and answers
How popular is the name Noah-James in the UK right now?
In 2024, Noah-James was ranked #1053 for boys in England and Wales, with 28 births registered.
When was Noah-James most popular?
The peak year on record was 2022, with 39 babies registered as Noah-James in England and Wales.
How many people are called Noah-James in the UK?
A total of 287 babies have been registered as Noah-James across the 16 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Noah-James most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Noah-James ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #703 in 2022. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.