Noah or Oscar

Noah is the more popular boy name in Canada, #1 to #153 in 2024. Noah is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #2 to #8 in 2025. Noah is the more popular boy name in the USA, #2 to #217 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Noah against Oscar, in that place's most recent complete year.NoahOscar#1#50#100#250Canada#1 → #153 ↓152England and Wales#2 → #8 ↓6USA#2 → #217 ↓215Alberta#1 → #232 ↓231British Columbia#3 → #103 ↓100Ontario#1 → #160 ↓159Quebec#1 → #134 ↓133
PlaceYear Noah Oscar Ahead
Canada2024#1#153Noah
England and Wales2025#2#8Noah
USA2024#2#217Noah
Alberta2024#1#232Noah
British Columbia2024#3#103Noah
Ontario2024#1#160Noah
Quebec2024#1#134Noah

Noah and Oscar in Canada, 2020–2024

Noah climbed from #2 in 2020 to #1 in 2024 in Canada. Oscar slipped from #143 in 2020 to #153 in 2024 in Canada.

Noah and Oscar ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#1 Noah#153 Oscar20202021202220232024

See the full Canada boy names list for 2024 →

Noah and Oscar in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Noah climbed from #4 in 2020 to #2 in 2025 in England and Wales. Oscar slipped from #7 in 2020 to #8 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Noah and Oscar ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#10#2 Noah#8 Oscar202020212022202320242025

See the full England and Wales boy names list for 2025 →

Noah and Oscar in the USA, 2020–2024

Noah held #2 every year from 2020 to 2024 in the USA. Oscar slipped from #214 in 2020 to #217 in 2024 in the USA.

Noah and Oscar ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#2 Noah#217 Oscar20202021202220232024

See the full USA boy names list for 2024 →

Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.