Noemi
- Pronunciation
- [No-eh-me]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Hebrew Naomi Pleasantness.
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Noemi
Noemi is a Spanish and Italian form of the Hebrew name Naomi, from no'omi, meaning "pleasantness" or "sweetness." In the Biblical Book of Ruth, Naomi is Ruth's devoted mother-in-law, and that tender, faithful association carries through to Noemi, giving it warmth and a quiet scriptural dignity beneath its melodic surface — a name that is gentle in both sound and story.
Its appeal lies in that flowing, romantic sound paired with a meaning of pure pleasantness. Noemi reads as elegant and softly international, beloved especially in Hispanic-American families who appreciate its blend of faith, beauty, and easy musicality. Recorded variants include Nayomi, Neoma, Neomi, and Noemie, spanning a range of cultural spellings for the same graceful name.
Noemi first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for girls in 2000 and has remained there every year since, reaching its peak early, in 2001, at rank #554. It stays comfortably current, ranked #585 in 2024 with 516 girls given the name, and stood at #647 in 2022. Having accumulated 10,594 girls across its top-1000 run, Noemi is a graceful, faith-rooted name with remarkable staying power — quietly popular for a quarter-century without ever feeling overused, and pleasant in every sense of its gentle meaning.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Noemi
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Noemi by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2023 with 519 girls named Noemi (girl rank #576 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #583 for girls (509 US births). That's 7 places below its 2023 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Noemi Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Noemi the strongest states are California, Nevada, Oregon.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #325 | 1,048 |
| 2 | Nevada | #490 | 46 |
| 3 | Oregon | #520 | 36 |
| 4 | Kansas | #534 | 20 |
| 5 | Colorado | #564 | 81 |
| 6 | Arizona | #572 | 102 |
| 7 | Texas | #576 | 517 |
| 8 | Illinois | #587 | 175 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | #630 | 43 |
| 10 | Washington | #637 | 78 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | #894 | 63 |
| 2 | Indiana | #891 | 23 |
| 3 | Tennessee | #848 | 41 |
| 4 | Georgia | #831 | 49 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #816 | 50 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #794 | 31 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | #763 | 17 |
| 8 | New Jersey | #750 | 76 |
| 9 | Florida | #726 | 211 |
| 10 | Maryland | #725 | 31 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Noemi in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Noemi to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Noemi against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).