Nobel
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1919 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 276since 1918
Nobel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nobel has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
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| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
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| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
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| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
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| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
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| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
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| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
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| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
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| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five boys were named Nobel! It came in at #3,728, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1934, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nobel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nobel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,319 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #6,446)
- 588 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #6,446)
- 620 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1919 at #2,385 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1920, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 81,677
- Highest: 1 in 81,677 boys born in 1919 were named Nobel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 36.2% of all boys named Nobel (100) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | #2,385 (1919) | #3,057 |
| 1920s | 16 | #3,815 (1920) | #4,032 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,252 (1935) | #3,252 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 5 | #7,270 (1988) | #7,270 |
| 1990s | 22 | #6,968 (1994) | #8,487 |
| 2000s | 49 | #7,692 (2009) | #10,338 |
| 2010s | 100 | #6,338 (2017) | #7,110 |
| 2020s | 60 | #6,032 (2021) | #8,160 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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