Noel

#1,388 for girls in 2025, 157 births · #478 for boys in 2025, 635 births
Given to boys 77.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#266
1938 · 425 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
52,096
since 1880

Noel over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #587, 1987peak #266, 1938girlsboys
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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#1,388157#478635
2024#1,457150#434731
2023#1,310173#451686
2022#1,251192#425743
2021#1,288178#397787
2020#1,503142#416714
2019#1,180199#395791
2018#1,219192#405789
2017#1,204201#386832
2016#1,210204#381846
2015#1,190212#375862
2014#1,186206#356901
2013#1,289182#383778
2012#1,523145#417682
2011#1,382165#456587
2010#1,431160#477545
2009#1,328181#490555
2008#1,359178#467592
2007#1,274193#439636
2006#1,299180#446607
2005#1,244182#442591
2004#1,273168#454572
2003#1,169185#483514
2002#1,100192#449548
2001#1,025210#422583
2000#1,028205#406616
1999#1,023199#419562
1998#871242#453495
1997#785265#423544
1996#827242#435517
1995#859226#437521
1994#872224#447503
1993#875221#443495
1992#818244#434510
1991#765269#422536
1990#789255#394588
1989#722273#390561
1988#631315#406488
1987#587336#403463
1986#710252#388473
1985#622302#407445
1984#693241#368478
1983#738221#376462
1982#859179#370469
1981#835187#367476
1980#832188#376458
1979#841185#357494
1978#809185#384413
1977#832180#368445
1976#858159#365438
1975#801172#340501
1974#811166#343506
1973#767175#348484
1972#767181#332537
1971#735204#304643
1970#738200#299674
1969#748183#311601
1968#676206#298639
1967#606245#309571
1966#811151#346469
1965#996109#399387
1964#1,026110#418372
1963#1,16987#411384
1962#1,42960#395419
1961#1,45459#380432
1960#1,23678#401390
1959#1,26272#373448
1958#1,18081#366446
1957#1,19378#400377
1956#1,03498#380390
1955#844132#394338
1954#99496#380351
1953#95498#377336
1952#1,08076#370338
1951#98290#382317
1950#99784#383305
1949#97384#365342
1948#821112#371331
1947#775123#348382
1946#805105#355334
1945#75898#335318
1944#91870#317360
1943#92271#311397
1942#78594#319368
1941#78385#320335
1940#83473#290374
1939#93057#276396
1938#90561#266425
1937#86264#280375
1936#1,02246#297325
1935#1,07342#297339
1934#1,12440#299329
1933#1,26232#297318
1932#98951#317300
1931#1,19936#330277
1930#1,27435#392214
1929#1,33932#369241
1928#1,42530#350265
1927#2,02619#395229
1926#2,07618#422205
1925#1,94620#426198
1924#2,21217#436196
1923#4,3766#446187
1922#2,78012#415207
1921#2,76212#457181
1920#2,07918#413206
1919#1,98918#459165
1918#2,10217#430186
1917#2,20415#408192
1916#2,02816#414181
1915#2,9009#360223
1914#2,12511#408136
1913#3,1875#370128
1912#2,6346#43480
1911#2,1916#44643
1910—#39644
1909#2,2085#34845
1908—#32647
1907—#39632
1906—#36333
1905—#31939
1904—#45222
1903—#36028
1902—#44022
1901—#48716
1900—#57818
1899—#40221
1898—#40923
1897—#58413
1896—#64112
1895—#49117
1894—#38723
1893—#61511
1892—#49716
1891—#6359
1890—#62910
1889—#52513
1888—#55413
1887—#9215
1886—#8456
1885—#7008
1884—#54712
1883—#8925
1882—#61110
1881—#48713
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Noel was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Noel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#434 → #478)
  • 62 spots since 2020 (#416 → #478)
  • 103 spots since 2015 (#375 → #478)
  • Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1888 (#921 → #554)
  • Biggest drop: 281 spots in 1883 (#611 → #892)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1938 at #266 (425 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,132
  • Highest: 1 in 2,132 boys born in 2014 were named Noel (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,690 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #266 in 1938, was only 1 in 2,610 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 14.6% of all boys named Noel (7,613) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s95#487 (1881)#668
1890s155#387 (1894)#529
1900s302#319 (1905)#407
1910s1,378#360 (1915)#413
1920s2,115#350 (1928)#413
1930s3,298#266 (1938)#305
1940s3,541#290 (1940)#333
1950s3,646#366 (1958)#381
1960s4,664#298 (1968)#367
1970s5,135#299 (1970)#344
1980s4,773#367 (1981)#385
1990s5,271#394 (1990)#431
2000s5,814#406 (2000)#450
2010s7,613#356 (2014)#403
2020s4,296#397 (2021)#434

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.

Noel in 1964

girls
#1,026
110 births · 1 in 17,226 girls
boys
#418
372 births · 1 in 5,357 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #1,026Noel110

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #418Noel372
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 17,226 of them was named Noel, which outranked 86.9% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noel
  1. #1,021Jacque111
  2. #1,021Jeanmarie111
  3. #1,021Ora111
  4. #1,026Noel110
  5. #1,026Carmel110
  6. #1,026Darcie110
  7. #1,026Doretha110
  8. #1,032Bonny109
  9. #1,032Celestine109
  10. #1,032Charisse109

Tied with 5 names at #1,026; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 5,357 of them was named Noel, which outranked 90.9% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Noel
  1. #414Rudolph378
  2. #416Ernesto377
  3. #417Toby375
  4. #418Noel372
  5. #418Ty372
  6. #420Tommie371
  7. #421Lionel368
  8. #421Oliver368

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →