Noble
Noble was given to 144 boys in 2025, #1,337 among boys’ names; 10,261 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,090 Americans named Noble and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 8 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Noble by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Noble mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Noble is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Noble?
#1,337 among boys’ names, 2025
Noble fell from #1,250 in 2015 to #1,337 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 75.6 to 84.3 per million.
204 babies in 2019, the peak
Noble peaked in 2019, when 204 babies were given it (188 boys, #1,075 among boys’ names). The 149 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 73% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | #1,337 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 163 | #1,234 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | 153 | #1,265 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 139 | #1,350 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 151 | #1,264 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 149 | #1,249 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 188 | #1,075 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 165 | #1,164 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 158 | #1,185 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 143 | #1,275 | 0.08 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 145 | #1,250 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 132 | #1,328 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,455 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,415 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 92 | #1,652 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 96 | #1,634 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 72 | #1,970 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 88 | #1,732 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,968 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,198 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 68 | #1,878 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,090 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,833 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 77 | #1,591 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 72 | #1,642 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,115 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 63 | #1,680 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,915 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,948 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,167 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,938 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,375 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,553 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,511 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,273 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,595 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,332 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,283 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,614 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,228 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,108 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,611 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,059 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,974 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,126 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,038 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,930 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,950 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,186 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,305 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,430 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,629 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,389 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,430 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,257 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,530 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,274 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,329 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,227 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,189 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,238 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,243 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,249 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,190 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,045 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,111 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,180 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,060 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 59 | #971 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 66 | #887 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 56 | #959 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 56 | #939 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 67 | #832 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 67 | #840 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 79 | #763 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 71 | #827 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 71 | #790 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 62 | #788 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 78 | #705 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 81 | #719 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 93 | #671 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 63 | #794 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 79 | #684 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 71 | #713 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 82 | #666 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 84 | #648 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 89 | #621 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 86 | #635 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 87 | #648 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 93 | #604 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 90 | #630 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 96 | #603 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 113 | #567 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 104 | #596 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 127 | #544 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 145 | #505 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 150 | #490 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 164 | #474 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 139 | #537 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 146 | #508 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 152 | #501 | 0.14 |
| 1921 | 161 | #488 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 196 | #428 | 0.18 |
| 1919 | 190 | #427 | 0.19 |
| 1918 | 185 | #433 | 0.18 |
| 1917 | 147 | #472 | 0.16 |
| 1916 | 158 | #445 | 0.18 |
| 1915 | 141 | #464 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 119 | #443 | 0.18 |
| 1913 | 93 | #446 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 71 | #468 | 0.17 |
| 1911 | 45 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 44 | #403 | 0.23 |
| 1909 | 31 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1908 | 40 | #362 | 0.26 |
| 1907 | 22 | #505 | 0.15 |
| 1906 | 33 | #374 | 0.25 |
| 1905 | 29 | #398 | 0.22 |
| 1904 | 21 | #476 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 29 | #358 | 0.24 |
| 1902 | 22 | #452 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 33 | #312 | 0.31 |
| 1900 | 36 | #372 | 0.24 |
| 1899 | 28 | #343 | 0.26 |
| 1898 | 34 | #331 | 0.28 |
| 1897 | 19 | #449 | 0.17 |
| 1896 | 24 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1895 | 28 | #355 | 0.24 |
| 1894 | 29 | #335 | 0.25 |
| 1893 | 15 | #497 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 30 | #346 | 0.25 |
| 1891 | 19 | #406 | 0.19 |
| 1890 | 21 | #400 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 24 | #367 | 0.22 |
| 1888 | 15 | #519 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 15 | #448 | 0.15 |
| 1886 | 10 | #631 | 0.09 |
| 1885 | 17 | #454 | 0.16 |
| 1884 | 18 | #443 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 15 | #475 | 0.14 |
| 1882 | 18 | #433 | 0.16 |
| 1881 | 26 | #321 | 0.26 |
| 1880 | 6 | #882 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Noble a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,261 Americans recorded as Noble, 5% are girls and 95% boys. In 2025 it went to 5 girls and 144 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Noble: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Noble, and how old are they?
5,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 10,261 Americans ever recorded as Noble. The median Noble alive today is 18 years old; half are between 8 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 4,287 people named Noble (277 women and girls, 4,010 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,578 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 297 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 677 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 421 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 426 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,160 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,110 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Noble born?
The states with the most babies named Noble are Texas, California and North Carolina, with 54% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 14 | #1,395 | 1.4× |
| California | 13 | #1,408 | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #755 | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 11 | #834 | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 8 | #760 | 1.9× |
| New York | 8 | #1,375 | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,240 | 0.6× |
Where Noble is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Noble is most over-represented in Indiana: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Noble with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Noble
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Noble and names like it
- Compare Noble and FosterBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sNoble peaked in 2019.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Noble since 1910.
- The top names of 2019The year the most babies were named Noble.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Noble alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with NMost given first.