Girls' name · since 1964
Noele
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.
- #23,892 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Noele is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 135 have been recorded since 1964.
Noele has 135 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2013.
- #23,892 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1964
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Noele ranks #23,892 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1964, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,892 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Noele's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Noele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Noele splits its recorded history at 1986: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Noele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2013
- Peak year (1986)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Noele by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (56 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Noele's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Noele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
25 births
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
56 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 56 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Noele's decade-level peak was the 1980s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Noele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1964–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Noele draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.