Noele — girls' name
135 babies named Noele in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Noele was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Noele in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Noele
The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Noele between 1964 and 2013, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Noele currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Noele performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Noele shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Noele 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 135 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.
Noele at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Noele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1964
- Peak year (1986)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
135 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 14 births in a single year.
Noele by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 56 births that decade — 41% of Noele's all-time total
Noele decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Noele's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1964–2013 (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.