Noella — #1876 US girls' name
3,115 babies named Noella in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Noella was born in this single decade.
147 babies were named Noella in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Noella
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,115 babies named Noella between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Noella currently holds the #1876 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 147 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Noella performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 896 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Noella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 182 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Maine. In total, SSA state-level files list Noella in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Noella 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 3,115 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.
Noella at a glance
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Current rank
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Noella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1900
- Peak year (2018)
- 147
- Annual births at peak — across 125 years of records
Currently ranks #1876 among girls.
3,115 total births across 125 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 147 births in a single year.
Noella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 896 births that decade — 29% of Noella's all-time total
Noella decade highlights
- Peak decade 896 births
- Runner-up 544 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Noella's strongest decade
896 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Noella by state
Where Noella concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 182 | 5.8% |
| #2 | California | | 139 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Maine | | 76 | 2.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 76 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 70 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 60 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 51 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Texas | | 47 | 1.5% |
182 of 3,115 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 5.8% of nationwide
- California 4.5% of nationwide
- Maine 2.4% of nationwide
- New York 2.4% of nationwide
- Florida 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 5.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Noella appears in 24 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, 1900–2024 (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.