Noir — #10180 US unisex name
70 babies named Noir in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
93% of everyone ever named Noir was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Noir in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Noir
The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Noir between 2018 and 2024, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Noir currently holds the #10180 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Noir is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 51 additional births since 2019.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Noir performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Noir shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Noir 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 70 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.
Noir at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Noir popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2018
- Peak year (2023)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
Currently ranks #10180 among girls.
70 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 17 births in a single year.
Noir popularity over time — boys
51 total births recorded since 2019 (Noir as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Noir accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Noir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 65 births that decade — 93% of Noir's all-time total
Noir decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Noir's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 93% 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, 2018–2024 (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.