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

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Peak · boys
1901 · 33 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,775
since 1880

Noble over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Noble has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #310, 1901boys
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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#14,9425#1,333144
2024#7,59414#1,231163
2023#6,68017#1,258153
2022#7,63114#1,347139
2021#7,63014#1,262151
2020#6,62917#1,245149
2019#7,02516#1,075188
2018#6,01020#1,160165
2017#6,53118#1,182158
2016#7,23016#1,275143
2015#9,48111#1,247145
2014#9,51711#1,321132
2013#13,1507#1,444114
2012#14,9626#1,407118
2011#1,64492
2010#1,62696
2009#13,7047#1,95972
2008#1,71988
2007#1,95172
2006#2,17659
2005#14,5026#1,86968
2004#16,0995#2,07557
2003#1,81565
2002#15,4325#1,58977
2001#1,62972
2000#2,08748
1999#1,67163
1998#1,89951
1997#1,93347
1996#2,14539
1995#13,3865#1,91444
1994#2,34733
1993#2,50929
1992#2,46729
1991#2,22732
1990#2,55326
1989#2,29229
1988#2,25527
1987#2,55921
1986#3,13115
1985#2,07127
1984#3,45912
1983#2,01726
1982#1,92928
1981#2,08625
1980#2,00327
1979#1,90328
1978#1,91326
1977#2,13122
1976#2,24520
1975#1,65830
1974#2,35817
1973#1,23145
1972#1,60329
1971#1,49433
1970#1,37437
1969#1,41432
1968#1,25037
1967#1,50726
1966#1,25936
1965#1,31834
1964#1,21940
1963#6,5925#1,17543
1962#1,23040
1961#1,23341
1960#1,24240
1959#1,18243
1958#1,04054
1957#1,10048
1956#1,17142
1955#1,05451
1954#3,49011#96359
1953#88466
1952#95356
1951#93456
1950#83067
1949#83467
1948#76079
1947#5,2955#82271
1946#78571
1945#4,5565#78262
1944#4,5745#70278
1943#71481
1942#66793
1941#78663
1940#3,5037#68179
1939#3,1458#70771
1938#3,4507#66082
1937#3,8006#64884
1936#61789
1935#4,2045#63386
1934#4,2865#64287
1933#60393
1932#3,2748#62690
1931#3,8486#60296
1930#3,6587#564113
1929#3,1379#591104
1928#4,7255#542127
1927#502145
1926#3,04610#490150
1925#2,61713#472164
1924#2,80912#535139
1923#3,9717#507146
1922#2,29116#500152
1921#1,98820#487161
1920#3,9577#427196
1919#2,51513#426190
1918#2,10217#432185
1917#3,3448#470147
1916#2,65811#443158
1915#3,4347#462141
1914#2,4349#440119
1913#3,1875#44593
1912#46871
1911#1,7928#43245
1910#39644
1909#2,2085#45331
1908#36040
1907#49522
1906#36333
1905#39329
1904#46621
1903#35729
1902#44022
1901#31033
1900#36536
1899#33628
1898#32934
1897#43819
1896#40024
1895#34728
1894#33229
1893#47915
1892#34130
1891#39719
1890#38921
1889#36024
1888#50515
1887#43815
1886#60510
1885#43917
1884#43318
1883#46015
1882#42618
1881#31826
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #310 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 83 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1880–1954
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,226
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.2% of all boys named Noble (1,484) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s164#318 (1881)#479
1890s247#329 (1898)#379
1900s296#310 (1901)#400
1910s1,193#396 (1910)#441
1920s1,484#427 (1920)#505
1930s891#564 (1930)#630
1940s744#667 (1942)#753
1950s542#830 (1950)#1,011
1960s369#1,175 (1963)#1,285
1970s287#1,231 (1973)#1,791
1980s237#1,929 (1982)#2,380
1990s393#1,671 (1999)#2,167
2000s678#1,589 (2002)#1,887
2010s1,351#1,075 (2019)#1,338
2020s899#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 1944

girls
#4,574
5 births · 1 in 265,445 girls
boys
#702
78 births · 1 in 17,473 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #4,574Noble5

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #702Noble78
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 265,445 of them was named Noble, which outranked 12.8% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noble
  1. #4,054Zadie6
  2. #4,054Zelphia6
  3. #4,054Zondra6
  4. #4,574Noble5
  5. #4,574Adelmira5
  6. #4,574Adonna5
  7. #4,574Adra5

Tied with 669 names at #4,574; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 1,229Dorinda#1,834#605
  2. 611Deirdre#1,556#945
  3. 504Alana#1,251#747
  4. 460Elyse#1,327#867
  5. 407Joella#1,395#988
Fallers
  1. 613Michal#996#1,609
  2. 493Aloma#762#1,255
  3. 448Louvenia#916#1,364
  4. 347Norine#889#1,236
  5. 341Lyla#864#1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 17,473 of them was named Noble, which outranked 82.0% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noble
  1. #698Regis79
  2. #698Sydney79
  3. #698Verne79
  4. #702Noble78
  5. #702Enoch78
  6. #702Lynwood78
  7. #702Melton78
  8. #707Alvis77
  9. #707Guillermo77
  10. #707Jordan77

Tied with 4 names at #702; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944