Noel

#1,388 for girls in 2025, 157 births · #478 for boys in 2025, 635 births
Given to boys 77.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#266
1938 · 425 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
52,096
since 1880

Noel over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #587, 1987peak #266, 1938girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,388157#478635
2024#1,457150#434731
2023#1,310173#451686
2022#1,251192#425743
2021#1,288178#397787
2020#1,503142#416714
2019#1,180199#395791
2018#1,219192#405789
2017#1,204201#386832
2016#1,210204#381846
2015#1,190212#375862
2014#1,186206#356901
2013#1,289182#383778
2012#1,523145#417682
2011#1,382165#456587
2010#1,431160#477545
2009#1,328181#490555
2008#1,359178#467592
2007#1,274193#439636
2006#1,299180#446607
2005#1,244182#442591
2004#1,273168#454572
2003#1,169185#483514
2002#1,100192#449548
2001#1,025210#422583
2000#1,028205#406616
1999#1,023199#419562
1998#871242#453495
1997#785265#423544
1996#827242#435517
1995#859226#437521
1994#872224#447503
1993#875221#443495
1992#818244#434510
1991#765269#422536
1990#789255#394588
1989#722273#390561
1988#631315#406488
1987#587336#403463
1986#710252#388473
1985#622302#407445
1984#693241#368478
1983#738221#376462
1982#859179#370469
1981#835187#367476
1980#832188#376458
1979#841185#357494
1978#809185#384413
1977#832180#368445
1976#858159#365438
1975#801172#340501
1974#811166#343506
1973#767175#348484
1972#767181#332537
1971#735204#304643
1970#738200#299674
1969#748183#311601
1968#676206#298639
1967#606245#309571
1966#811151#346469
1965#996109#399387
1964#1,026110#418372
1963#1,16987#411384
1962#1,42960#395419
1961#1,45459#380432
1960#1,23678#401390
1959#1,26272#373448
1958#1,18081#366446
1957#1,19378#400377
1956#1,03498#380390
1955#844132#394338
1954#99496#380351
1953#95498#377336
1952#1,08076#370338
1951#98290#382317
1950#99784#383305
1949#97384#365342
1948#821112#371331
1947#775123#348382
1946#805105#355334
1945#75898#335318
1944#91870#317360
1943#92271#311397
1942#78594#319368
1941#78385#320335
1940#83473#290374
1939#93057#276396
1938#90561#266425
1937#86264#280375
1936#1,02246#297325
1935#1,07342#297339
1934#1,12440#299329
1933#1,26232#297318
1932#98951#317300
1931#1,19936#330277
1930#1,27435#392214
1929#1,33932#369241
1928#1,42530#350265
1927#2,02619#395229
1926#2,07618#422205
1925#1,94620#426198
1924#2,21217#436196
1923#4,3766#446187
1922#2,78012#415207
1921#2,76212#457181
1920#2,07918#413206
1919#1,98918#459165
1918#2,10217#430186
1917#2,20415#408192
1916#2,02816#414181
1915#2,9009#360223
1914#2,12511#408136
1913#3,1875#370128
1912#2,6346#43480
1911#2,1916#44643
1910—#39644
1909#2,2085#34845
1908—#32647
1907—#39632
1906—#36333
1905—#31939
1904—#45222
1903—#36028
1902—#44022
1901—#48716
1900—#57818
1899—#40221
1898—#40923
1897—#58413
1896—#64112
1895—#49117
1894—#38723
1893—#61511
1892—#49716
1891—#6359
1890—#62910
1889—#52513
1888—#55413
1887—#9215
1886—#8456
1885—#7008
1884—#54712
1883—#8925
1882—#61110
1881—#48713
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Noel was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Noel is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedNHWashington: #543 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,764 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #787 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,000 boysMNIllinois: #298 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 1,333 boysILWisconsin: #680 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,990 boysWIMichigan: #898 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,102 boysMINew York: #338 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 1,686 boysNYMassachusetts: #480 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,983 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedRIOregon: #340 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,407 boysORNevada: #221 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 791 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedINOhio: #847 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,054 boysOHPennsylvania: #630 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,153 boysPANew Jersey: #457 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,457 boysNJConnecticut: #409 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,185 boysCTCalifornia: #246 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 1,122 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedUTColorado: #362 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,569 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedNEMissouri: #827 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,699 boysMOKentucky: #653 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,926 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #559 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,222 boysVAMaryland: #419 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,089 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedDEArizona: #321 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,332 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedNMKansas: #409 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,715 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedARTennessee: #752 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,868 boysTNNorth Carolina: #525 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,879 boysNCSouth Carolina: #463 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,223 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #632 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,081 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #673 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,867 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Noel, so not publishedHITexas: #281 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 1,254 boysTXFlorida: #405 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 2,200 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#221 · 1 in 791
  2. California#246 · 1 in 1,122
  3. Texas#281 · 1 in 1,254
  4. Illinois#298 · 1 in 1,333
  5. Arizona#321 · 1 in 1,332

Best ever in a state: #81 in Rhode Island, 1936.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#221151 in 791
California#2461691 in 1,122
Texas#2811351 in 1,254
Illinois#298411 in 1,333
Arizona#321241 in 1,332
New York#338521 in 1,686
Oregon#340111 in 1,407
Colorado#362161 in 1,569
Florida#405411 in 2,200
Connecticut#40961 in 2,185
Kansas#40981 in 1,715
Maryland#419121 in 2,089
New Jersey#457161 in 2,457
South Carolina#46391 in 2,223
Massachusetts#48091 in 2,983
North Carolina#525171 in 2,879
Washington#543121 in 2,764
Virginia#559121 in 3,222
Pennsylvania#630131 in 4,153
Louisiana#63271 in 3,081
Kentucky#65351 in 3,926
Georgia#673131 in 3,867
Wisconsin#68061 in 3,990
Tennessee#75271 in 4,868
Minnesota#78751 in 5,000
Missouri#82751 in 5,699
Ohio#84791 in 6,054
Michigan#89871 in 6,102
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Noel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#434 → #478)
  • 62 spots since 2020 (#416 → #478)
  • 103 spots since 2015 (#375 → #478)
  • Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1888 (#921 → #554)
  • Biggest drop: 281 spots in 1883 (#611 → #892)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1938 at #266 (425 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,132
  • Highest: 1 in 2,132 boys born in 2014 were named Noel (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,690 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #266 in 1938, was only 1 in 2,610 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 14.6% of all boys named Noel (7,613) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s95#487 (1881)#668
1890s155#387 (1894)#529
1900s302#319 (1905)#407
1910s1,378#360 (1915)#413
1920s2,115#350 (1928)#413
1930s3,298#266 (1938)#305
1940s3,541#290 (1940)#333
1950s3,646#366 (1958)#381
1960s4,664#298 (1968)#367
1970s5,135#299 (1970)#344
1980s4,773#367 (1981)#385
1990s5,271#394 (1990)#431
2000s5,814#406 (2000)#450
2010s7,613#356 (2014)#403
2020s4,296#397 (2021)#434

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.

Noel in 2020

girls
#1,503
142 births · 1 in 11,384 girls
boys
#416
714 births · 1 in 2,417 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #1,503Noel142

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #416Noel714
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 11,384 of them was named Noel, which outranked 91.4% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noel
  1. #1,494Sahara143
  2. #1,494Sanaa143
  3. #1,494Sanai143
  4. #1,503Noel142
  5. #1,503Adaleigh142
  6. #1,503Clarke142
  7. #1,503Khalia142
  8. #1,510Annistyn141
  9. #1,510Blessyn141
  10. #1,510Devorah141

Tied with 6 names at #1,503; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 2,417 of them was named Noel, which outranked 97.0% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noel
  1. #413Luciano719
  2. #414Franklin718
  3. #414Troy718
  4. #416Noel714
  5. #416Harvey714
  6. #418Johnathan713
  7. #418Rhys713
  8. #420Oakley712

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2020 →