Noe — #768 US boys' name
23,150 babies named Noe in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Noe was born in this single decade.
635 babies were named Noe in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Noe
The Social Security Administration has registered 23,150 babies named Noe between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Noe currently holds the #768 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 635 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Noe performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 5,534 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Noe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8,500 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Noe in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Noe 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 23,150 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.
Noe at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Noe popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2007)
- 635
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #768 among boys.
23,150 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 635 births in a single year.
Noe popularity over time — girls
421 total births recorded since 1972 (Noe as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Noe accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Noe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 5,534 births that decade — 24% of Noe's all-time total
Noe decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,534 births
- Runner-up 4,162 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Noe's strongest decade
5,534 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Noe by state
Where Noe concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8,500 | 36.7% |
| #2 | California | | 6,730 | 29.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 1,028 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 595 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 594 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Washington | | 412 | 1.8% |
| #7 | New York | | 389 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 343 | 1.5% |
8,500 of 23,150 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 36.7% of nationwide
- California 29.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.4% of nationwide
- Arizona 2.6% of nationwide
- Florida 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 34 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 36.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Noe appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1914–2024 (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.