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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #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 1945

girls
#4,556
5 births · 1 in 261,418 girls
boys
#782
62 births · 1 in 21,707 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #4,556Noble5

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #782Noble62
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 261,418 of them was named Noble, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noble
  1. #4,025Zara6
  2. #4,025Zoanne6
  3. #4,025Zondra6
  4. #4,556Noble5
  5. #4,556Adda5
  6. #4,556Adina5
  7. #4,556Adine5

Tied with 686 names at #4,556; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 799Lauren#1,153#354
  2. 707Amber#1,661#954
  3. 648Laureen#1,315#667
  4. 630Deidre#1,609#979
  5. 623Candice#1,364#741
Fallers
  1. 395Bernardine#937#1,332
  2. 386Joella#988#1,374
  3. 342Venita#937#1,279
  4. 275Magdalene#867#1,142
  5. 249Alpha#964#1,213

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

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 21,707 of them was named Noble, which outranked 79.3% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noble
  1. #775Hugo63
  2. #775Margarito63
  3. #775Verne63
  4. #782Noble62
  5. #782Adolfo62
  6. #782Arther62
  7. #782Betty62
  8. #791Benton61
  9. #791Leonardo61
  10. #791Nancy61

Tied with 8 names at #782; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 527Delano#1,085#558
  2. 499Dane#1,235#736
  3. 385Eusebio#1,328#943
  4. 371Erick#1,235#864
  5. 311Gerardo#1,282#971
Fallers
  1. 479Joan#870#1,349
  2. 408Kit#841#1,249
  3. 392Llewellyn#935#1,327
  4. 361Valentine#888#1,249
  5. 321Hilario#906#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945