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Baby name
Noor
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88% girls / 12% boys
Origin of the name
Noor has two possible origins: a Dutch pet form of Eleonora, and the Arabic Nur, “light.”
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Rising name
8,276births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 659rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Noor are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Noor is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Noor is most common in Michigan (3 times), Virginia (2.6) and Illinois (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Nour 2,877
Names from the same era
Rising name
1,077births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 2516rank at its peak, in 2022
Where babies named Noor are born
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 100% | 0% |
| 1980s | 82% | 18% |
| 1990s | 87% | 13% |
| 2000s | 88% | 12% |
| 2010s | 89% | 11% |
| 2020s | 89% | 11% |