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Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

NaomiIn Hebrew: נעמי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: נָעֳמִיRomanization: no'omí

Naomi (Hebrew: נעמי) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 19,885 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 549 girls and ranked #30. Its peak year was 2015, with 600 babies.

People in Israel
19,885
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
549
rank #30
Peak year
2015
600 babies
USA, 2025
4,644
rank #47

Writing and saying Naomi

In Hebrew letters the name is נעמי, read right to left. Naomi is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "no'omí" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • Naomi
  • a female given name, equivalent to English Naomi

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Naomi by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Naomi: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Naomi in English-speaking countries

Naomi in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20254,644#472025 (4,644)
United Kingdom2025332#1721997 (720)
England and Wales2025296#1661996 (766)
Scotland202531#1401992 (116)
Northern Ireland20255#2901997 (71)
Ireland202531#1491993 (82)
British Columbia202338#632010 (60)
Alberta202566#412023 (66)
Quebec202537#1471997 (72)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Naomi has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Naomi

How do you write Naomi in Hebrew?

Naomi is written נעמי in Hebrew (with vowel points: נָעֳמִי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "no'omí".

How many people in Israel are named Naomi?

19,885 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נעמי: 19,879 women and 6 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Naomi a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named נעמי are women.

What does the name Naomi mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "Naomi"

Is Naomi used outside Israel?

The name Naomi appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 4,644 girls were given it in 2025 (#47), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 332 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.