Noella
Noella was given to 98 girls in 2025, #1,975 among girls’ names; 3,215 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,440 Americans named Noella and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 6 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Noella by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Noella?
#1,975 among girls’ names, 2025
Noella rose from #2,071 in 2015 to #1,975 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 53.2 to 61.0 per million.
147 babies in 2018, the peak
Noella peaked in 2018, when 147 girls were given it, #1,492 among girls’ names. The 98 births of 2025 are 67% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,975 | 61.0 |
| 2024 | 107 | #1,880 | 66.0 |
| 2023 | 107 | #1,875 | 66.7 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,634 | 79.3 |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,952 | 61.6 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,902 | 62.5 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,873 | 64.3 |
| 2018 | 147 | #1,492 | 86.4 |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,812 | 66.6 |
| 2016 | 95 | #2,079 | 53.6 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 95 | #2,071 | 53.2 |
| 2014 | 81 | #2,303 | 45.3 |
| 2013 | 70 | #2,558 | 39.9 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,590 | 39.7 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,039 | 31.8 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,930 | 33.2 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,745 | 35.9 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,065 | 20.6 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,962 | 20.8 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,335 | 17.9 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,554 | 12.4 |
| 2004 | 26 | #5,034 | 14.2 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,358 | 12.6 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,717 | 7.8 |
| 2001 | 19 | #6,005 | 10.6 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,990 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,586 | 7.3 |
| 1998 | 7 | #12,029 | 4.0 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,594 | 5.2 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,991 | 3.4 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,547 | 5.7 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,455 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,511 | 5.5 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,336 | 3.8 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,264 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,882 | 4.2 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,511 | 3.8 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,969 | 4.5 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,508 | 4.6 |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,237 | 2.9 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,936 | 7.0 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,842 | 4.2 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,699 | 4.2 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,986 | 4.7 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,749 | 4.2 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,628 | 6.0 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,641 | 7.5 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,366 | 3.9 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,198 | 6.5 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,386 | 3.4 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,517 | 9.6 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,090 | 6.1 |
| 1973 | 15 | #4,107 | 10.3 |
| 1972 | 11 | #5,002 | 7.2 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,399 | 6.0 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,839 | 4.0 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,642 | 6.5 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,692 | 6.1 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,530 | 3.0 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,343 | 3.5 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,160 | 4.5 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,549 | 3.2 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,724 | 3.6 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,725 | 6.6 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,249 | 2.5 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,677 | 4.5 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,764 | 5.9 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,342 | 7.0 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,256 | 6.8 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,181 | 13.0 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,450 | 10.7 |
| 1954 | 27 | #2,059 | 13.9 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,859 | 15.9 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,246 | 11.9 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,371 | 10.6 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,167 | 12.3 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,693 | 8.8 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,931 | 7.7 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,633 | 5.6 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,597 | 5.7 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,314 | 11.5 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,263 | 12.1 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,559 | 4.3 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,943 | 8.1 |
| 1941 | 18 | #2,005 | 14.9 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,831 | 17.5 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,670 | 20.1 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,195 | 13.6 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,829 | 17.9 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,581 | 22.1 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,645 | 21.0 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,149 | 14.4 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,822 | 18.9 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,445 | 26.2 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,785 | 18.8 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,493 | 24.9 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,875 | 17.9 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,330 | 29.5 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,806 | 19.3 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,814 | 19.4 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,493 | 25.5 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,495 | 25.6 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,628 | 22.4 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,768 | 20.0 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,850 | 18.7 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,994 | 16.7 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,440 | 26.5 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,353 | 28.5 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,422 | 25.9 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,784 | 19.2 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,279 | 31.5 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,331 | 30.2 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,737 | 11.2 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,800 | 19.7 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,621 | 23.9 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,332 | 15.1 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,454 | 14.4 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,798 | 20.9 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,993 | 19.1 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,138 | 16.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Noella a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Noella has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 120 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Noella: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Noella, and how old are they?
2,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 3,215 Americans ever recorded as Noella. The median Noella alive today is 12 years old; half are between 6 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 2,238 people named Noella (2,238 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,928 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 90 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 225 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 139 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 130 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 504 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,350 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Noella born?
The states with the most babies named Noella are California, Texas and Florida, with 66% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 11 | #1,913 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 10 | #2,166 | 0.2× |
| Florida | 8 | #1,654 | 0.6× |
| New York | 5 | #2,331 | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,561 | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,722 | 0.2× |
Where Noella is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Noella is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Noella with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 83,862 babies since 1880, Noella is the fourth most given (3.8% of them). In 2025 it was given to 98 of their 2,157 babies (4.5%), again the fourth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Noella
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Noella and names like it
- Compare Noella and NoelleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sNoella peaked in 2018.
- Massachusetts’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Noella since 1910.
- The top names of 2018The year the most babies were named Noella.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Noella alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with NMost given first.