Girls' name · since 1995

Noelly

Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 194 babies named Noelly, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#20,136 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,739 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
194
born since 1995
2010s
peak decade

194 babies have been named Noelly since 1995, making it today's #9739 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Noelly has been recorded 194 times among girls since 1995, currently ranked #9739 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.

  • #20,136 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,739 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 194 born since 1995
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Noelly ranks #20,136 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,739 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 194 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.

#20,136 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,739 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
194
born since 1995
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%43.6%
Noelly vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Noelly's 194 recorded births place it above 72.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Noelly compares

194 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Noelly's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Noelly Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 194 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Noelly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Noelly's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Noelly popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
16
Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
05101520 199520032006201020132017202020232025 10

Noelly by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 40% of the file).

2010s was Noelly's strongest decade.

78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.

Noelly births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (40% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Noelly by state

Where Noelly concentrates geographically, total births since 1995

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Noelly
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.6%
California share of Noelly's total US births 2.6%

5 of 194 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Noelly?
194 babies have been named Noelly since 1995. All-time, it sits at #20,136 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #9,739 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2022 with 16 births.
Where does Noelly sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Noelly ranks #20,136 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,739 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Noelly most popular?
Noelly was most popular in the 2010s decade with 78 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Where is Noelly most popular?
The top states for the name Noelly are California (5 births).
How long has the name Noelly been used?
The SSA has tracked Noelly since 1995 -- 31 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Noelly?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Noelle, Noemi, Noel, Noelia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Noelly's data

  • Noelly's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Noellys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Noelly

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Noelly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1995–2025 (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 Noelly 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.