Naomi
In 2025 Naomi comes in at #47 nationally, peaking as we speak. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 191,547 American children have carried it so far.
What Naomi carries
Naomi · Hebrew
“pleasant”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Naomi’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Naomi, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Naomi since 1880
Naomi is at its all-time peak right now: #47 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Naomi is most common
The state that gives Naomi most often, per girls born there, is District of Columbia (1.04% in 2025); Hawaii and Alaska are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Naomi
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Josiah
#54 in 2025 · Hebrew
Asher
#28 in 2025 · Hebrew
Micah
#90 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ezra
#20 in 2025 · Hebrew
Matteo
#146 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jude
#155 in 2025 · Hebrew
Judah
#178 in 2025 · Hebrew
Levi
#12 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Naomi
How popular is the name Naomi?
In 2025 Naomi comes in at #47 nationally, peaking as we speak. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Naomi have a meaning on record?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “pleasant”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Naomi?
Nearest by the published recipe: Josiah, Asher and Micah. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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