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Noble

#1,337 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Noble, high-born

Noble has been given to 10,261 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,337 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1920, with 196 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Noble, 2025

1 in 23,000

Noble over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Noble over time

In 2025, Noble went to 3% girls and 97% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Noble: meaning, origin, and history

Noble, high-born

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Noble means

Noble means “noble, high-born”.

Origin, language, and formation

Noble is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,775 boys were recorded with the name Noble between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 196 in 1920; its best national rank was #312 in 1901.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,249 in 2020 to #1,337 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,250 in 2015 to #1,337 in 2025.

In the United States, 486 girls were recorded with the name Noble between 1909 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1921; its best national rank was #1,910 in 1911.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,847 in 2020 to #16,614 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,969 in 2015 to #16,614 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Noble?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 23,000
144 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,337
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,959 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Noble sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,959 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Noble. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nobles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Noble was born before 1948 — so the typical Noble is around 77 today.

Median birth year
1948
About 77 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
15.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,756
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 15.2% of all recorded uses (1,484).

Is Noble rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−103
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−88
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−87
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.99×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
73.5%
Peak was 1920 (196)
Years since peak
105
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#312
1901

Spellings of Noble

Noble is not the most common spelling — Cole is, with 46.9% against Noble's 3.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Noble is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Noble was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 6,250 boys, against 1 in 12,552 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 50,000).

216 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 6,250
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 6,250
  3. 3Indiana1 in 6,667
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 7,692
  5. 5Illinois1 in 9,091
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 9,091
  7. 7Colorado1 in 10,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Noble is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Noble was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 637,811 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arkansas1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Noble has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Noble around the world

Where Noble ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2009–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2009–2009
    #626
    in 2009
  • Canada
    2004–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Noble

People whose public names include Noble, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Noble by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,337
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 88
Best rank ever
#312
1901
Peak year
1920
196 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,775
Count in 2025
144

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,614
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 9,767
Best rank ever
#1,910
1911
Peak year
1921
20 that year
First recorded
1909
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
486
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Noble

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Noble

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Noble, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Noble

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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