Noah

Derived from the ancient name Noach, meaning rest or comfort. Lexicographer Noah Webster gave the name early domestic prominence with his 1828 dictionary. American birth registries documented modest numbers for over a century before use climbed sharply in the late nineteen-nineties.

The name reads as modern youth in a fleece pullover, rarely found far from a charging cable. With an estimated average age of sixteen, a Noah belongs almost entirely to the twenty-first century rather than ancient history. Gen Alpha accounts for forty-eight percent of living bearers, while Gen Z claims another forty-four percent. Having held the number one national spot for four years, the name is now frequent enough that a classroom usually requires an attached surname initial for administrative disambiguation.