Noble
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #1,333 for boys in 2025, 144 births
Given to boys 95.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,775since 1880
Noble over time
Rank among boys' names. Noble has never cracked the top 300 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 | #14,942 | 5 | #1,333 | 144 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #1,231 | 163 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | #1,258 | 153 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #1,347 | 139 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | #1,262 | 151 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #1,245 | 149 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | #1,075 | 188 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | #1,160 | 165 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | #1,182 | 158 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #1,275 | 143 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #1,247 | 145 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #1,321 | 132 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #1,444 | 114 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #1,407 | 118 |
| 2011 | — | #1,644 | 92 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,626 | 96 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #1,959 | 72 |
| 2008 | — | #1,719 | 88 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,951 | 72 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,176 | 59 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,869 | 68 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #2,075 | 57 |
| 2003 | — | #1,815 | 65 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,589 | 77 |
| 2001 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,087 | 48 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,671 | 63 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,899 | 51 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,933 | 47 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,145 | 39 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #1,914 | 44 |
| 1994 | — | #2,347 | 33 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,467 | 29 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,227 | 32 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,553 | 26 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,255 | 27 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,071 | 27 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,086 | 25 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,903 | 28 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,131 | 22 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,245 | 20 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,658 | 30 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,231 | 45 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,494 | 33 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,374 | 37 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,250 | 37 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,259 | 36 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,318 | 34 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,219 | 40 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,175 | 43 |
| 1962 | — | #1,230 | 40 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,233 | 41 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,242 | 40 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,182 | 43 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,040 | 54 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,171 | 42 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,054 | 51 | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #963 | 59 |
| 1953 | — | #884 | 66 | |
| 1952 | — | #953 | 56 | |
| 1951 | — | #934 | 56 | |
| 1950 | — | #830 | 67 | |
| 1949 | — | #834 | 67 | |
| 1948 | — | #760 | 79 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #822 | 71 |
| 1946 | — | #785 | 71 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #782 | 62 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #702 | 78 |
| 1943 | — | #714 | 81 | |
| 1942 | — | #667 | 93 | |
| 1941 | — | #786 | 63 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #681 | 79 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #707 | 71 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #660 | 82 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #648 | 84 |
| 1936 | — | #617 | 89 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #633 | 86 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #642 | 87 |
| 1933 | — | #603 | 93 | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #626 | 90 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #602 | 96 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #564 | 113 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #591 | 104 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #542 | 127 |
| 1927 | — | #502 | 145 | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #490 | 150 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #472 | 164 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #535 | 139 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #507 | 146 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | #500 | 152 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 | #487 | 161 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #427 | 196 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #426 | 190 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #432 | 185 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #470 | 147 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #443 | 158 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #462 | 141 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #440 | 119 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #445 | 93 |
| 1912 | — | #468 | 71 | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #432 | 45 |
| 1910 | — | #396 | 44 | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #453 | 31 |
| 1908 | — | #360 | 40 | |
| 1907 | — | #495 | 22 | |
| 1906 | — | #363 | 33 | |
| 1905 | — | #393 | 29 | |
| 1904 | — | #466 | 21 | |
| 1903 | — | #357 | 29 | |
| 1902 | — | #440 | 22 | |
| 1901 | — | #310 | 33 | |
| 1900 | — | #365 | 36 | |
| 1899 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1898 | — | #329 | 34 | |
| 1897 | — | #438 | 19 | |
| 1896 | — | #400 | 24 | |
| 1895 | — | #347 | 28 | |
| 1894 | — | #332 | 29 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #341 | 30 | |
| 1891 | — | #397 | 19 | |
| 1890 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1889 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #433 | 18 | |
| 1883 | — | #460 | 15 | |
| 1882 | — | #426 | 18 | |
| 1881 | — | #318 | 26 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Noble was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Noble
- 102 spots since 2024 (#1,231 → #1,333)
- 88 spots since 2020 (#1,245 → #1,333)
- 86 spots since 2015 (#1,247 → #1,333)
- Biggest jump: 491 spots in 1881 (#809 → #318)
- Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1886 (#439 → #605)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #310 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 83 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1880–1954
- Highest: 1 in 3,226 boys born in 1901 were named Noble (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,862 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 15.2% of all boys named Noble (1,484) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 164 | #318 (1881) | #479 |
| 1890s | 247 | #329 (1898) | #379 |
| 1900s | 296 | #310 (1901) | #400 |
| 1910s | 1,193 | #396 (1910) | #441 |
| 1920s | 1,484 | #427 (1920) | #505 |
| 1930s | 891 | #564 (1930) | #630 |
| 1940s | 744 | #667 (1942) | #753 |
| 1950s | 542 | #830 (1950) | #1,011 |
| 1960s | 369 | #1,175 (1963) | #1,285 |
| 1970s | 287 | #1,231 (1973) | #1,791 |
| 1980s | 237 | #1,929 (1982) | #2,380 |
| 1990s | 393 | #1,671 (1999) | #2,167 |
| 2000s | 678 | #1,589 (2002) | #1,887 |
| 2010s | 1,351 | #1,075 (2019) | #1,338 |
| 2020s | 899 | #1,231 (2024) | #1,279 |
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.
Noble in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 163,361 of them was named Noble, which outranked 30.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,208Zane8
- #3,208Zela8
- #3,208Zondra8
- #3,503Noble7
- #3,503Adean7
- #3,503Agapita7
- #3,503Aleatha7
- #3,863Adina6
- #3,863Adra6
- #3,863Adrain6
Tied with 359 names at #3,503; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 14,673 of them was named Noble, which outranked 82.7% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).