Noble
#1,160 most common boys' name of all time · #2,754 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#1,160
Rank overall
#2,754 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
10,261
Since 2016
1,704
Peak year
2019 #1,075
Best rank
#312 1901
Girls
Boys
peak 204/yr
Noble is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 144 | 149 | #1,333 |
| 2024 | 14 | 163 | 177 | #1,231 |
| 2023 | 17 | 153 | 170 | #1,258 |
| 2022 | 14 | 139 | 153 | #1,348 |
| 2021 | 14 | 151 | 165 | #1,263 |
| 2020 | 17 | 149 | 166 | #1,245 |
| 2019 | 16 | 188 | 204 | #1,075 |
| 2018 | 20 | 165 | 185 | #1,161 |
| 2017 | 18 | 158 | 176 | #1,184 |
| 2016 | 16 | 143 | 159 | #1,275 |
| 2015 | 11 | 145 | 156 | #1,247 |
| 2014 | 11 | 132 | 143 | #1,324 |
| 2013 | 7 | 114 | 121 | #1,446 |
| 2012 | 6 | 118 | 124 | #1,409 |
| 2011 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,644 |
| 2010 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,627 |
| 2009 | 7 | 72 | 79 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,722 |
| 2007 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,952 |
| 2006 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,180 |
| 2005 | 6 | 68 | 74 | #1,872 |
| 2004 | 5 | 57 | 62 | #2,076 |
| 2003 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,818 |
| 2002 | 5 | 77 | 82 | #1,590 |
| 2001 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,632 |
| 2000 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,091 |
| 1999 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,673 |
| 1998 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,900 |
| 1997 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,938 |
| 1996 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,148 |
| 1995 | 5 | 44 | 49 | #1,917 |
| 1994 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,348 |
| 1993 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,521 |
| 1992 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,470 |
| 1991 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,234 |
| 1990 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,558 |
| 1989 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,300 |
| 1988 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,261 |
| 1987 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,566 |
| 1986 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,143 |
| 1985 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,078 |
| 1984 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,473 |
| 1983 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,024 |
| 1982 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,942 |
| 1981 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,094 |
| 1980 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,014 |
| 1979 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,910 |
| 1978 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,921 |
| 1977 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,141 |
| 1976 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,257 |
| 1975 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,662 |
| 1974 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,370 |
| 1973 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,233 |
| 1972 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,611 |
| 1971 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,503 |
| 1970 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,379 |
| 1969 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,416 |
| 1968 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,251 |
| 1967 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,514 |
| 1966 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,265 |
| 1965 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,319 |
| 1964 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,223 |
| 1963 | 5 | 43 | 48 | #1,177 |
| 1962 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,231 |
| 1961 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,235 |
| 1960 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,242 |
| 1959 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,186 |
| 1958 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,044 |
| 1957 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,102 |
| 1956 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,178 |
| 1955 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,059 |
| 1954 | 11 | 59 | 70 | #967 |
| 1953 | — | 66 | 66 | #887 |
| 1952 | — | 56 | 56 | #956 |
| 1951 | — | 56 | 56 | #939 |
| 1950 | — | 67 | 67 | #832 |
| 1949 | — | 67 | 67 | #840 |
| 1948 | — | 79 | 79 | #761 |
| 1947 | 5 | 71 | 76 | #825 |
| 1946 | — | 71 | 71 | #788 |
| 1945 | 5 | 62 | 67 | #784 |
| 1944 | 5 | 78 | 83 | #704 |
| 1943 | — | 81 | 81 | #715 |
| 1942 | — | 93 | 93 | #670 |
| 1941 | — | 63 | 63 | #793 |
| 1940 | 7 | 79 | 86 | #683 |
| 1939 | 8 | 71 | 79 | #711 |
| 1938 | 7 | 82 | 89 | #662 |
| 1937 | 6 | 84 | 90 | #649 |
| 1936 | — | 89 | 89 | #620 |
| 1935 | 5 | 86 | 91 | #636 |
| 1934 | 5 | 87 | 92 | #646 |
| 1933 | — | 93 | 93 | #605 |
| 1932 | 8 | 90 | 98 | #630 |
| 1931 | 6 | 96 | 102 | #603 |
| 1930 | 7 | 113 | 120 | #566 |
| 1929 | 9 | 104 | 113 | #594 |
| 1928 | 5 | 127 | 132 | #542 |
| 1927 | — | 145 | 145 | #504 |
| 1926 | 10 | 150 | 160 | #490 |
| 1925 | 13 | 164 | 177 | #472 |
| 1924 | 12 | 139 | 151 | #536 |
| 1923 | 7 | 146 | 153 | #508 |
| 1922 | 16 | 152 | 168 | #500 |
| 1921 | 20 | 161 | 181 | #488 |
| 1920 | 7 | 196 | 203 | #428 |
| 1919 | 13 | 190 | 203 | #427 |
| 1918 | 17 | 185 | 202 | #434 |
| 1917 | 8 | 147 | 155 | #471 |
| 1916 | 11 | 158 | 169 | #445 |
| 1915 | 7 | 141 | 148 | #464 |
| 1914 | 9 | 119 | 128 | #442 |
| 1913 | 5 | 93 | 98 | #447 |
| 1912 | — | 71 | 71 | #469 |
| 1911 | 8 | 45 | 53 | #438 |
| 1910 | — | 44 | 44 | #405 |
| 1909 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #459 |
| 1908 | — | 40 | 40 | #363 |
| 1907 | — | 22 | 22 | #508 |
| 1906 | — | 33 | 33 | #377 |
| 1905 | — | 29 | 29 | #401 |
| 1904 | — | 21 | 21 | #480 |
| 1903 | — | 29 | 29 | #359 |
| 1902 | — | 22 | 22 | #456 |
| 1901 | — | 33 | 33 | #312 |
| 1900 | — | 36 | 36 | #373 |
| 1899 | — | 28 | 28 | #345 |
| 1898 | — | 34 | 34 | #334 |
| 1897 | — | 19 | 19 | #456 |
| 1896 | — | 24 | 24 | #405 |
| 1895 | — | 28 | 28 | #355 |
| 1894 | — | 29 | 29 | #335 |
| 1893 | — | 15 | 15 | #501 |
| 1892 | — | 30 | 30 | #347 |
| 1891 | — | 19 | 19 | #410 |
| 1890 | — | 21 | 21 | #404 |
| 1889 | — | 24 | 24 | #368 |
| 1888 | — | 15 | 15 | #522 |
| 1887 | — | 15 | 15 | #459 |
| 1886 | — | 10 | 10 | #636 |
| 1885 | — | 17 | 17 | #460 |
| 1884 | — | 18 | 18 | #449 |
| 1883 | — | 15 | 15 | #478 |
| 1882 | — | 18 | 18 | #436 |
| 1881 | — | 26 | 26 | #323 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #886 |