Noah or William

Noah is the more popular boy name in Canada, #1 to #5 in 2024. Noah is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #2 to #25 in 2025. Noah is the more popular boy name in the USA, #2 to #10 in 2024.

Noah on its own page William on its own page

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 William, in that place's most recent complete year.NoahWilliam#1#10#25#50Canada#1 → #5 ↓4England and Wales#2 → #25 ↓23USA#2 → #10 ↓8Alberta#1 → #6 ↓5British Columbia#3 → #10 ↓7Ontario#1 → #12 ↓11Quebec#1 → #4 ↓3
PlaceYear Noah William Ahead
Canada2024#1#5Noah
England and Wales2025#2#25Noah
USA2024#2#10Noah
Alberta2024#1#6Noah
British Columbia2024#3#10Noah
Ontario2024#1#12Noah
Quebec2024#1#4Noah

Noah and William in Canada, 2020–2024

Noah climbed from #2 in 2020 to #1 in 2024 in Canada. William slipped from #3 in 2020 to #5 in 2024 in Canada.

Noah and William ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#10#1 Noah#5 William20202021202220232024

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Noah and William in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Noah climbed from #4 in 2020 to #2 in 2025 in England and Wales. William slipped from #20 in 2020 to #25 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Noah and William ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#2 Noah#25 William202020212022202320242025

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Noah and William in the USA, 2020–2024

Noah held #2 every year from 2020 to 2024 in the USA. William slipped from #5 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in the USA.

Noah and William ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#10#2 Noah#10 William20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Noah
Adam or NoahAlfie or NoahArchie or NoahArlo or NoahArthur or NoahAsher or NoahBenjamin or NoahCharles or NoahDaniel or NoahEdouard or NoahElijah or NoahEmile or NoahEthan or NoahEzra or NoahFinley or NoahFreddie or NoahGeorge or NoahHarry or NoahHenry or NoahHudson or NoahJack or NoahJacob or NoahJames or NoahJude or NoahJules or NoahLaurent or NoahLeo or NoahLevi or NoahLiam or NoahLogan or NoahLouis or NoahLuca or NoahLucas or NoahMateo or NoahMichael or NoahMiles or NoahMohammed or NoahMuhammad or NoahNathan or NoahNoah or OliverNoah or OscarNoah or OwenNoah or RaphaelNoah or RoryNoah or SamuelNoah or SebastianNoah or TheoNoah or TheodoreNoah or ThomasNoah or WyattNoah or Zorawar
More head-to-heads with William
Adam or WilliamArthur or WilliamAsher or WilliamBenjamin or WilliamCharles or WilliamDaniel or WilliamEdouard or WilliamElijah or WilliamEmile or WilliamEthan or WilliamEzra or WilliamHenry or WilliamHudson or WilliamJack or WilliamJacob or WilliamJames or WilliamJules or WilliamLaurent or WilliamLeo or WilliamLevi or WilliamLiam or WilliamLogan or WilliamLouis or WilliamLuca or WilliamLucas or WilliamMateo or WilliamMichael or WilliamMiles or WilliamMuhammad or WilliamNathan or WilliamOliver or WilliamOwen or WilliamRaphael or WilliamSamuel or WilliamSebastian or WilliamTheo or WilliamTheodore or WilliamThomas or WilliamWilliam or WyattWilliam or Zorawar

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.