Noal — boys' name
424 babies named Noal in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Noal was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Noal in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Noal
The Social Security Administration has registered 424 babies named Noal between 1914 and 2015, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Noal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Noal performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Noal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Noal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Noal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 424 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Noal at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Noal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1914
- Peak year (1970)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
424 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 17 births in a single year.
Noal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 84 births that decade — 20% of Noal's all-time total
Noal decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Noal's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Noal by state
Where Noal concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 424 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.