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Noha vs Nohely

American parents have registered 896 Nohelys since 1880, against 550 Nohas. But in 2025 it was Noha that was commoner, 32 babies to 10.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Noha against Nohely, 1880 to 2025 0 60 120 180 240 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Noha Nohely

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 49 years in which either name was published, Noha for 29 years and Nohely for 20 years. The lead changed hands 8 times.

Side by side

  Noha Nohely
Total US births 550896
Most in one year 32215
Babies in 2025 3210
Estimated living today 540880
Median age today 1729
Peak year 20011994
Best rank 6,956th girls896th girls
Rank in 2025 9,457th9,457th
First recorded 19761987
Girls / boys 393 / 157896 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Nohelys alive today are over 29; half the Nohas are over 17. That is 12 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Noha and Nohely.