Noela — #12214 US girls' name
244 babies named Noela in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Noela was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Noela in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Noela
The Social Security Administration has registered 244 babies named Noela between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Noela currently holds the #12214 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Noela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Noela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Noela 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 244 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.
Noela at a glance
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Current rank
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Noela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1920
- Peak year (2002)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
Currently ranks #12214 among girls.
244 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 12 births in a single year.
Noela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 77 births that decade — 32% of Noela's all-time total
Noela decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Noela's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1920–2024 (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.