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 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 162,396 of them was named Noble, which outranked 50.5% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,966Ziyonna12
- #8,966Zoiey12
- #8,966Zorah12
- #9,517Noble11
- #9,517Aaleeyah11
- #9,517Aamani11
- #9,517Aashika11
- #10,129Aaditri10
- #10,129Aairah10
- #10,129Aarilyn10
Tied with 611 names at #9,517; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 14,552 of them was named Noble, which outranked 90.6% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,318Austyn133
- #1,318Ethen133
- #1,318Keyon133
- #1,321Noble132
- #1,321Addison132
- #1,321Andreas132
- #1,321Courtney132
- #1,329Bear131
- #1,329Elan131
- #1,329Izaac131
Tied with 7 names at #1,321; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.