Noble

Where Noble comes from

From noble.
— Wiktionary's entry for Noble
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Noble Johnson born
    African-American actor and film producer
  3. 1901
    Peak, #310
    33 babies named Noble — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1931
    Noble Willingham born
    American actor
  5. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,459.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Noble Johnson · African-American actor and film producer, 1881–1978
  • Noble Willingham · American actor, 1931–2004
  • Noble Sissle · African-American jazz musician, 1889–1975
  • Noble Okello · Canadian soccer player, born 2000
  • Noble Jones Gregory · American politician, 1897–1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.