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
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,507 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 44,457since 1927
Noelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Noelle has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #202 | 1,507 | — | |
| 2024 | #213 | 1,444 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #206 | 1,457 | — | |
| 2022 | #210 | 1,393 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #202 | 1,479 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #210 | 1,373 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #221 | 1,401 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #229 | 1,383 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #238 | 1,347 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #249 | 1,270 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #252 | 1,284 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #250 | 1,294 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #294 | 1,083 | — | |
| 2012 | #313 | 1,028 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #356 | 906 | — | |
| 2010 | #366 | 876 | — | |
| 2009 | #429 | 742 | — | |
| 2008 | #441 | 725 | — | |
| 2007 | #499 | 650 | — | |
| 2006 | #454 | 694 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #467 | 653 | — | |
| 2004 | #445 | 686 | — | |
| 2003 | #403 | 750 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #401 | 727 | — | |
| 2001 | #434 | 639 | — | |
| 2000 | #403 | 710 | — | |
| 1999 | #433 | 635 | — | |
| 1998 | #404 | 678 | — | |
| 1997 | #374 | 724 | — | |
| 1996 | #413 | 624 | — | |
| 1995 | #451 | 569 | — | |
| 1994 | #463 | 547 | — | |
| 1993 | #462 | 543 | — | |
| 1992 | #451 | 552 | — | |
| 1991 | #437 | 582 | — | |
| 1990 | #460 | 530 | — | |
| 1989 | #470 | 513 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #409 | 579 | — | |
| 1987 | #397 | 581 | — | |
| 1986 | #486 | 441 | — | |
| 1985 | #444 | 493 | — | |
| 1984 | #470 | 441 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #486 | 404 | — | |
| 1982 | #583 | 312 | — | |
| 1981 | #523 | 374 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #474 | 446 | — | |
| 1979 | #447 | 457 | — | |
| 1978 | #455 | 436 | — | |
| 1977 | #449 | 445 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #541 | 322 | — | |
| 1975 | #550 | 311 | — | |
| 1974 | #628 | 247 | — | |
| 1973 | #625 | 244 | — | |
| 1972 | #589 | 272 | — | |
| 1971 | #533 | 343 | — | |
| 1970 | #477 | 424 | — | |
| 1969 | #460 | 442 | — | |
| 1968 | #449 | 454 | — | |
| 1967 | #460 | 422 | — | |
| 1966 | #497 | 354 | — | |
| 1965 | #649 | 227 | — | |
| 1964 | #774 | 178 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,056 | 103 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,690 | 45 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,627 | 48 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,417 | 56 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,667 | 38 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,911 | 25 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
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| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
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| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#182 · 1 in 711
- New Jersey#190 · 1 in 1,161
- Massachusetts#214 · 1 in 1,284
- Connecticut#227 · 1 in 1,442
- District of Columbia#241 · 1 in 1,032
Best ever in a state: #54 in Hawaii, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #182 | 7 | 1 in 711 |
| New Jersey | #190 | 39 | 1 in 1,161 |
| Massachusetts | #214 | 29 | 1 in 1,284 |
| Connecticut | #227 | 13 | 1 in 1,442 |
| District of Columbia | #241 | 6 | 1 in 1,032 |
| Pennsylvania | #243 | 44 | 1 in 1,589 |
| Arizona | #291 | 16 | 1 in 1,574 |
| Oregon | #296 | 9 | 1 in 1,743 |
| New York | #315 | 59 | 1 in 1,933 |
| California | #336 | 115 | 1 in 1,986 |
| Wisconsin | #350 | 11 | 1 in 2,605 |
| Utah | #357 | 7 | 1 in 1,940 |
| Michigan | #361 | 21 | 1 in 2,735 |
| Minnesota | #362 | 10 | 1 in 2,760 |
| Iowa | #363 | 6 | 1 in 2,607 |
| Illinois | #428 | 24 | 1 in 3,071 |
| Florida | #451 | 22 | 1 in 3,315 |
| Indiana | #466 | 9 | 1 in 3,769 |
| Ohio | #486 | 16 | 1 in 4,289 |
| Washington | #503 | 8 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Virginia | #531 | 8 | 1 in 4,485 |
| Maryland | #542 | 6 | 1 in 4,328 |
| North Carolina | #616 | 7 | 1 in 5,477 |
| Texas | #702 | 23 | 1 in 5,578 |
| Louisiana | #712 | 5 | 1 in 5,263 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 2025 at #202 (1,507 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1964–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,067 girls born in 2025 were named Noelle (0.09%)
- 26.7% of all girls named Noelle (11,872) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 12 | #3,682 (1929) | #4,244 |
| 1930s | 58 | #2,689 (1936) | #3,458 |
| 1940s | 218 | #1,461 (1947) | #1,986 |
| 1950s | 290 | #1,417 (1958) | #2,052 |
| 1960s | 2,309 | #449 (1968) | #955 |
| 1970s | 3,501 | #447 (1979) | #529 |
| 1980s | 4,584 | #397 (1987) | #474 |
| 1990s | 5,984 | #374 (1997) | #435 |
| 2000s | 6,976 | #401 (2002) | #438 |
| 2010s | 11,872 | #221 (2019) | #277 |
| 2020s | 8,653 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 3,076 of them was named Noelle, which outranked 97.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.