Nobie

Last seen for girls in 1956 at #4,837

Peak · girls
1890 · 10 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
496
since 1890

Nobie over time

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Rank among girls' names. Nobie has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #872, 1890girls
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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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1956#4,8377
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1953#4,2268
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1950#3,9628
1949#5,2445
1948#4,2057
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1944#3,3788
1943#3,2499
1942#3,7387
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1940#3,8636
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1937#2,57011
1936#3,7016
1935#4,2045
1934#3,8026
1933#3,1098
1932#4,4115
1931#2,75010
1930#4,5505
1929#2,73711
1928#3,7437
1927#4,8055
1926#3,5648
1925#3,3629
1924#2,80912
1923#2,91711
1922#2,78012
1921#2,50914
1920#2,17217
1919#1,98918
1918#2,28915
1917#1,65222
1916#1,53324
1915#1,62221
1914#2,00912
1913#2,3318
1912#1,9819
1911#1,11316
1910#1,42111
1909#1,4719
1908#97017
1907#1,5128
1906#1,7276
1905#1,9315
1904#1,3648
1903#1,4407
1902#1,4387
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1900#1,7236
1899#1,2787
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1896#1,2138
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1893#1,4375
1892#1,4505
1891#1,3325
1890#87210
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Nobie! It came in at #872, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Nobie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1956
  • Biggest jump: 542 spots in 1908 (#1,512#970)
  • Biggest drop: 501 spots in 1909 (#970#1,471)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1890 at #872 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1890–1908
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,038
  • Highest: 1 in 19,038 girls born in 1890 were named Nobie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 286,815 girls born in 1956 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 31.5% of all girls named Nobie (156) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s40#872 (1890)#1,264
1900s73#970 (1908)#1,508
1910s156#1,113 (1911)#1,794
1920s106#2,172 (1920)#3,140
1930s56#2,570 (1937)#3,637
1940s42#3,249 (1943)#3,946
1950s23#3,962 (1950)#4,342

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.

Nobie in 1908

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#970
17 births · 1 in 19,665 girls

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #970Nobie17
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 19,665 of them was named Nobie, which outranked 60.1% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nobie
  1. #939Sofia18
  2. #939Syble18
  3. #939Zadie18
  4. #970Nobie17
  5. #970Albertina17
  6. #970Clementina17
  7. #970Cleora17
  8. #1,004Adelina16
  9. #1,004Aimee16
  10. #1,004Alys16

Tied with 33 names at #970; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. 1,122Bernetta#2,061#939
  2. 1,122Nila#2,061#939
  3. 909Arnetta#1,821#912
  4. 703Edra#1,512#809
  5. 703Hertha#1,512#809
Fallers
  1. 1,261Aurore#840#2,101
  2. 1,178Tula#923#2,101
  3. 1,111Oneida#990#2,101
  4. 1,043Walter#819#1,862
  5. 1,022Gayle#840#1,862

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

See the top 100 for 1908