Noel
Noel is ranked 434th among boys in 2024 (728 births). Its best rank was 267th, in 1938.
- Rank in 2024
- #434up 17 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7280.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 2014901 births
- Best rank
- #267in 1938
- Since 1880
- 66,576people given the name
The story in the numbers
51,456 boys have been named Noel in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 901 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 356 → 434).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 2010s alone account for 15%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Noel is used for both sexes: 23% of its bearers are girls (15,120), most of them born around 1987.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Noel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | |
| 1890s | 155 | |
| 1900s | 302 | |
| 1910s | 1,378 | |
| 1920s | 2,115 | |
| 1930s | 3,298 | |
| 1940s | 3,541 | |
| 1950s | 3,646 | |
| 1960s | 4,664 | |
| 1970s | 5,136 | |
| 1980s | 4,773 | |
| 1990s | 5,271 | |
| 2000s | 5,813 | |
| 2010s | 7,612 | |
| 2020s | 3,657 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Noel was the 356th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Noel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Santospeak 2023
- Ignaciopeak 2006
- Dallaspeak 2024
- Benitopeak 2023
- Wesleypeak 2024
- Marcelinopeak 2006
- Marcelpeak 2022
- Augustinpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.