Noelle

#202 for girls in 2025, 1,507 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 1,507 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
44,457
since 1927

Noelle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Noelle has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972girlsat peak
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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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2025#2021,507—
2024#2131,444#9,8947
2023#2061,457—
2022#2101,393#10,8636
2021#2021,479#9,7147
2020#2101,373#8,0679
2019#2211,401#12,1455
2018#2291,383#10,7606
2017#2381,347#7,54610
2016#2491,270#9,6647
2015#2521,284#8,7448
2014#2501,294#8,7818
2013#2941,083—
2012#3131,028#9,7097
2011#356906—
2010#366876—
2009#429742—
2008#441725—
2007#499650—
2006#454694#10,6626
2005#467653—
2004#445686—
2003#403750#10,8945
2002#401727—
2001#434639—
2000#403710—
1999#433635—
1998#404678—
1997#374724—
1996#413624—
1995#451569—
1994#463547—
1993#462543—
1992#451552—
1991#437582—
1990#460530—
1989#470513#7,9055
1988#409579—
1987#397581—
1986#486441—
1985#444493—
1984#470441#6,3155
1983#486404—
1982#583312—
1981#523374#4,5098
1980#474446—
1979#447457—
1978#455436—
1977#449445#5,1236
1976#541322—
1975#550311—
1974#628247—
1973#625244—
1972#589272—
1971#533343—
1970#477424—
1969#460442—
1968#449454—
1967#460422—
1966#497354—
1965#649227—
1964#774178—
1963#1,056103—
1962#1,69045—
1961#1,62748—
1960#1,88736—
1959#1,82037—
1958#1,41756—
1957#2,27624—
1956#1,96830—
1955#1,66738—
1954#2,12225—
1953#2,43119—
1952#2,32720—
1951#2,57716—
1950#1,91125—
1949#2,13421—
1948#1,82027—
1947#1,46141—
1946#1,80825—
1945#1,66025—
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1943#2,25116—
1942#2,11717—
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1940#2,42412—
1939#3,4297—
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1935#3,7426—
1934#4,2865—
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First appearance
1927

The first year at least five girls were named Noelle! It came in at #4,805, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1927–1928, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Noelle is popular in 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedNHWashington: #408 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,741 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #357 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,008 girlsMNIllinois: #748 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,460 girlsILWisconsin: #378 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,438 girlsWIMichigan: #526 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,158 girlsMINew York: #459 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 3,167 girlsNYMassachusetts: #334 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,633 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedRIOregon: #398 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,526 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedINOhio: #552 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,727 girlsOHPennsylvania: #449 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,795 girlsPANew Jersey: #406 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,910 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #415 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 2,448 girlsCAUtah: #287 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,504 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedVAMaryland: #435 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,430 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Noelle, so not publishedHITexas: #1,169 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,767 girlsTXFlorida: #793 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,414 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#287 · 1 in 1,504
  2. Massachusetts#334 · 1 in 2,633
  3. Minnesota#357 · 1 in 3,008
  4. Wisconsin#378 · 1 in 3,438
  5. Oregon#398 · 1 in 2,526

Best ever in a state: #54 in Hawaii, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#28771 in 1,504
Massachusetts#334131 in 2,633
Minnesota#35781 in 3,008
Wisconsin#37881 in 3,438
Oregon#39851 in 2,526
New Jersey#406141 in 2,910
Washington#40871 in 2,741
California#415561 in 2,448
Maryland#43561 in 3,430
Pennsylvania#449191 in 3,795
New York#459351 in 3,167
Michigan#526121 in 5,158
Ohio#552131 in 5,727
Illinois#748101 in 7,460
Florida#79361 in 7,414
Texas#1,16971 in 13,767
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Noelle
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#213 → #202)
  • 8 spots since 2020 (#210 → #202)
  • 50 spots since 2015 (#252 → #202)
  • Biggest jump: 282 spots in 1964 (#1,056 → #774)
  • Biggest drop: 61 spots in 1989 (#409 → #470)
Rise & fade · girls
98 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1927
  • Peaked 2025 at #202 (1,507 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1964–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,067
  • Highest: 1 in 1,067 girls born in 2025 were named Noelle (0.09%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 26.7% of all girls named Noelle (11,872) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s12#3,682 (1929)#4,244
1930s58#2,689 (1936)#3,458
1940s218#1,461 (1947)#1,986
1950s290#1,417 (1958)#2,052
1960s2,309#449 (1968)#955
1970s3,501#447 (1979)#529
1980s4,584#397 (1987)#474
1990s5,984#374 (1997)#435
2000s6,976#401 (2002)#438
2010s11,872#221 (2019)#277
2020s8,653#202 (2025)#207

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Noelle in 1972

girls
#589
272 births · 1 in 5,593 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #589Noelle272
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 5,593 of them was named Noelle, which outranked 93.9% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noelle
  1. #586Cristy273
  2. #586Kris273
  3. #586Marissa273
  4. #589Noelle272
  5. #589Trudy272
  6. #591Madeline271
  7. #591Rosemarie271
  8. #593Ivy270

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

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →