Noah

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I love the name Noah for DS3 due in summer, but worry about it's popularity. I've been reading the thread about popular names with interest. I would normally avoid such a popular name.

How many little Noahs do you know? Will it date badly? Should I even care?

Why is naming a baby such hard work?!

It's a lovely name but is very popular

I know 3 (6, 4 and 2) but come across it very often

I wouldn’t say it’s classic - Possibly down to the very problematic story of Noah, which would put some off.

Definitely not a classic! I don't know any men named Noah nut about 20 Noahs under age 20!

It will soon fall out of fashion imo.

Sorry but

@Proseccofuelled Those charts can be useful, but can also be a bit deceptive, because they only show the top 100. It's not uncommon for a name to have a short time near the top of the charts, but otherwise settle around the 101-300 mark, or in the bottom of the top 100. Those names don't necessarily feel immediately dated.

There are lots of names with a pronounced 'peak' (or a pronounced trought) in popularity that people around here are always calling 'classic'/'timeless', such as:

Katherine
Emily
Emma
Hannah
Christopher
Matthew

So, in answer to the OP, Noah might start to feel dated, because it rose to popularity fairly quickly. But it's not straightforward to predict that.

In any case, it's being used for 1.2% of babies at the moment. Hardly the biggest deal.

If I have a son I will definitely be pushing to name him Noah. I think it is the most gorgeous name

I work in a school and there's one Noah. I know one other Noah who's 6 and lives in America.

Really not keen on it and it is very popular. I have moved towns recently and it’s just as popular in this town as it was where we previously lived. There’s at least one in every class, sometimes two or three. I have three DC in primary school and it’s the same in each of their year groups. Also have a couple of friends with Noah’s.

Great point- wish the chart showed everything but I have to just appreciate not everyone is as obsessed with stats as me

I know some lovely boys called Noah, but yeah, faddy. I don't know any over about 15.

See, I only know boys over 18 called Noah. To me it’s a late 90s name.

I know 3 Noahs and I know LOADS of children. There’s only one in my DCs primary school.

Love Rowan by the way. One of my favourite names. Isaac is also nice and not hugely popular (I don’t think)