Neomi
A feminine name of Hebrew origin meaning "pleasant" or "beautiful".
Name Census estimates that about 1,236 living Americans carry the first name Neomi. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Neomi today is around 37 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Neomi births was 2008 (31 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Neomi. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Neomi with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
1.2K
~ 1 in 277,309 Americans
Peak year
2008
31 babies that year
Average age
37
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,542
Tracked since 1911
Census
Neomi in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,202 people with the first name Neomi, which placed it at #10,888 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#10,888
National first-name rank
People counted
1.2K
1,202 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
57.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Neomi
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Neomi is Hispanic at 57.5%. The next largest groups are White (19.1%) and Black (14.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Neomi described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Neomi at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino57.5% · 691
- White19.1% · 230
- Black or African American14.1% · 169
- Asian and Pacific Islander4.3% · 52
- Two or more races3.4% · 41
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.6% · 19
Popularity
Neomi: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Neomi from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 228 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Neomi remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Neomi by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Neomi during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Neomis live
The SSA's state-level files cover 6 states and territories. Texas, California, South Carolina recorded the most babies named Neomi, while New York, Louisiana, Oklahoma recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 47 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Neomi
The name Neomi is a variant spelling of the Hebrew name Naomi, which is derived from the roots na'am, meaning "pleasant," and na'ama, meaning "loveliness." It originated in ancient Israel and appears in the Old Testament of the Bible as the name of the mother-in-law of Ruth.
In the Book of Ruth, Naomi is a woman from Bethlehem who, due to a famine, relocates to Moab with her husband and two sons. After her husband and sons die, she returns to Bethlehem with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who remains loyal to her. The name Naomi is significant in this biblical story as it represents her transition from bitterness to joy.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Neomi was Neomi Nephama, a Jewish woman who lived in the 16th century and was the wife of the influential Italian rabbi and philosopher Judah Moscato.
In the 19th century, Neomi Kis was a Hungarian Jewish educator and writer. She was born in 1835 and established the first Jewish girls' school in Budapest, where she served as the principal.
Neomi Rao is an American lawyer and former administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. She was born in 1973 and served in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2019.
Neomi Saibo is a Japanese voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. She was born in 1989 and has voiced characters in popular series such as "Naruto" and "My Hero Academia."
Neomi Badashvili is a Georgian singer-songwriter and actress. Born in 1993, she has released several albums and has appeared in several films and television shows in her home country.
While the name Neomi is not as common as its original Hebrew form Naomi, it has been used throughout history in various cultures and has maintained a connection to its biblical origins and meanings of pleasantness and loveliness.
People
Neomi + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Neomi as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with N
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Neomi: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Neomi?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,236 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Neomi going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 277,309 US residents.
Is Neomi a common name?
We classify Neomi as "Rare". It ranks above 91.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,832 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Neomi most popular?
The single biggest year for Neomi was 2008, when 31 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Neomi is about 37 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Neomi in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,202 people with the name Neomi, or 0.40 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #10,888 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Neomi in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Neomi?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Neomi appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,194 people counted with this name, 99.6% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Neomi?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Neomi is Hispanic at 57.5%. The next largest groups are White (19.1%) and Black (14.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Neomi most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Neomi in the 2020 Census, accounting for 57.5% (691 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Neomi in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Neomi a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Neomi in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Neomi still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Neomi in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Neomi can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Neomi?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.