US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE NOEL

Same rise and fall as Noel, around the same years.

WHERE NOEL IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Noel ranked highest in Washington, D.C. (#357) and lowest in Michigan (#1,766). 20 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Noel name popularity

Noel has been given to 67,380 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 2014, when 1,107 babies got the name, and its best rank was #523 in 1938.

In 2025, 792 babies were named Noel (#809 in the country), 28% below the peak. That is down 26% from 2015.

About 23% of babies named Noel were girls and 77% were boys.

An estimated 56K people named Noel are alive in the US today, with a median age of 34.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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