Noel**
#421 most common boys' name of all time · #917 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#421
Rank overall
#917 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
67,380
Since 2016
9,342
Peak year
2014 #356
Best rank
#267 1938
Girls
Boys
peak 1,107/yr
Noel 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 | 157 | 635 | 792 | #478 |
| 2024 | 150 | 731 | 881 | #434 |
| 2023 | 173 | 686 | 859 | #451 |
| 2022 | 192 | 743 | 935 | #425 |
| 2021 | 178 | 787 | 965 | #397 |
| 2020 | 142 | 714 | 856 | #417 |
| 2019 | 199 | 791 | 990 | #396 |
| 2018 | 192 | 789 | 981 | #405 |
| 2017 | 201 | 832 | 1,033 | #386 |
| 2016 | 204 | 846 | 1,050 | #381 |
| 2015 | 212 | 862 | 1,074 | #376 |
| 2014 | 206 | 901 | 1,107 | #356 |
| 2013 | 182 | 778 | 960 | #384 |
| 2012 | 145 | 682 | 827 | #417 |
| 2011 | 165 | 587 | 752 | #456 |
| 2010 | 160 | 545 | 705 | #477 |
| 2009 | 181 | 555 | 736 | #490 |
| 2008 | 178 | 592 | 770 | #468 |
| 2007 | 193 | 636 | 829 | #440 |
| 2006 | 180 | 607 | 787 | #446 |
| 2005 | 182 | 591 | 773 | #442 |
| 2004 | 168 | 572 | 740 | #454 |
| 2003 | 185 | 514 | 699 | #483 |
| 2002 | 192 | 548 | 740 | #449 |
| 2001 | 210 | 583 | 793 | #422 |
| 2000 | 205 | 616 | 821 | #406 |
| 1999 | 199 | 562 | 761 | #420 |
| 1998 | 242 | 495 | 737 | #455 |
| 1997 | 265 | 544 | 809 | #423 |
| 1996 | 242 | 517 | 759 | #436 |
| 1995 | 226 | 521 | 747 | #437 |
| 1994 | 224 | 503 | 727 | #447 |
| 1993 | 221 | 495 | 716 | #443 |
| 1992 | 244 | 510 | 754 | #434 |
| 1991 | 269 | 536 | 805 | #422 |
| 1990 | 255 | 588 | 843 | #394 |
| 1989 | 273 | 561 | 834 | #390 |
| 1988 | 315 | 488 | 803 | #407 |
| 1987 | 336 | 463 | 799 | #403 |
| 1986 | 252 | 473 | 725 | #388 |
| 1985 | 302 | 445 | 747 | #407 |
| 1984 | 241 | 478 | 719 | #368 |
| 1983 | 221 | 462 | 683 | #376 |
| 1982 | 179 | 469 | 648 | #370 |
| 1981 | 187 | 476 | 663 | #367 |
| 1980 | 188 | 458 | 646 | #376 |
| 1979 | 185 | 494 | 679 | #357 |
| 1978 | 185 | 413 | 598 | #384 |
| 1977 | 180 | 445 | 625 | #370 |
| 1976 | 159 | 438 | 597 | #365 |
| 1975 | 172 | 501 | 673 | #341 |
| 1974 | 166 | 506 | 672 | #343 |
| 1973 | 175 | 484 | 659 | #349 |
| 1972 | 181 | 537 | 718 | #332 |
| 1971 | 204 | 643 | 847 | #305 |
| 1970 | 200 | 674 | 874 | #299 |
| 1969 | 183 | 601 | 784 | #311 |
| 1968 | 206 | 639 | 845 | #298 |
| 1967 | 245 | 571 | 816 | #309 |
| 1966 | 151 | 469 | 620 | #346 |
| 1965 | 109 | 387 | 496 | #399 |
| 1964 | 110 | 372 | 482 | #418 |
| 1963 | 87 | 384 | 471 | #411 |
| 1962 | 60 | 419 | 479 | #395 |
| 1961 | 59 | 432 | 491 | #380 |
| 1960 | 78 | 390 | 468 | #401 |
| 1959 | 72 | 448 | 520 | #373 |
| 1958 | 81 | 446 | 527 | #366 |
| 1957 | 78 | 377 | 455 | #401 |
| 1956 | 98 | 390 | 488 | #381 |
| 1955 | 132 | 338 | 470 | #394 |
| 1954 | 96 | 351 | 447 | #380 |
| 1953 | 98 | 336 | 434 | #377 |
| 1952 | 76 | 338 | 414 | #371 |
| 1951 | 90 | 317 | 407 | #382 |
| 1950 | 84 | 305 | 389 | #384 |
| 1949 | 84 | 342 | 426 | #365 |
| 1948 | 112 | 331 | 443 | #372 |
| 1947 | 123 | 382 | 505 | #348 |
| 1946 | 105 | 334 | 439 | #356 |
| 1945 | 98 | 318 | 416 | #336 |
| 1944 | 70 | 360 | 430 | #317 |
| 1943 | 71 | 397 | 468 | #311 |
| 1942 | 94 | 368 | 462 | #319 |
| 1941 | 85 | 335 | 420 | #321 |
| 1940 | 73 | 374 | 447 | #291 |
| 1939 | 57 | 396 | 453 | #277 |
| 1938 | 61 | 425 | 486 | #267 |
| 1937 | 64 | 375 | 439 | #280 |
| 1936 | 46 | 325 | 371 | #297 |
| 1935 | 42 | 339 | 381 | #297 |
| 1934 | 40 | 329 | 369 | #299 |
| 1933 | 32 | 318 | 350 | #298 |
| 1932 | 51 | 300 | 351 | #318 |
| 1931 | 36 | 277 | 313 | #330 |
| 1930 | 35 | 214 | 249 | #392 |
| 1929 | 32 | 241 | 273 | #371 |
| 1928 | 30 | 265 | 295 | #351 |
| 1927 | 19 | 229 | 248 | #396 |
| 1926 | 18 | 205 | 223 | #422 |
| 1925 | 20 | 198 | 218 | #426 |
| 1924 | 17 | 196 | 213 | #436 |
| 1923 | 6 | 187 | 193 | #446 |
| 1922 | 12 | 207 | 219 | #416 |
| 1921 | 12 | 181 | 193 | #457 |
| 1920 | 18 | 206 | 224 | #414 |
| 1919 | 18 | 165 | 183 | #461 |
| 1918 | 17 | 186 | 203 | #430 |
| 1917 | 15 | 192 | 207 | #409 |
| 1916 | 16 | 181 | 197 | #415 |
| 1915 | 9 | 223 | 232 | #360 |
| 1914 | 11 | 136 | 147 | #408 |
| 1913 | 5 | 128 | 133 | #370 |
| 1912 | 6 | 80 | 86 | #438 |
| 1911 | 6 | 43 | 49 | #450 |
| 1910 | — | 44 | 44 | #404 |
| 1909 | 5 | 45 | 50 | #352 |
| 1908 | — | 47 | 47 | #329 |
| 1907 | — | 32 | 32 | #402 |
| 1906 | — | 33 | 33 | #376 |
| 1905 | — | 39 | 39 | #321 |
| 1904 | — | 22 | 22 | #460 |
| 1903 | — | 28 | 28 | #369 |
| 1902 | — | 22 | 22 | #452 |
| 1901 | — | 16 | 16 | #496 |
| 1900 | — | 18 | 18 | #593 |
| 1899 | — | 21 | 21 | #407 |
| 1898 | — | 23 | 23 | #415 |
| 1897 | — | 13 | 13 | #602 |
| 1896 | — | 12 | 12 | #656 |
| 1895 | — | 17 | 17 | #498 |
| 1894 | — | 23 | 23 | #397 |
| 1893 | — | 11 | 11 | #636 |
| 1892 | — | 16 | 16 | #518 |
| 1891 | — | 9 | 9 | #662 |
| 1890 | — | 10 | 10 | #641 |
| 1889 | — | 13 | 13 | #541 |
| 1888 | — | 13 | 13 | #573 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #952 |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | #874 |
| 1885 | — | 8 | 8 | #724 |
| 1884 | — | 12 | 12 | #563 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #913 |
| 1882 | — | 10 | 10 | #633 |
| 1881 | — | 13 | 13 | #499 |
| 1880 | — | 10 | 10 | #627 |