Unisex name · since 2018
Noir
Noir has 78 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,938 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,987 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
78 babies have been named Noir since 2018, making it today's #12987 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Noir has been recorded 78 times among girls since 2018, currently ranked #12987 nationally and more common than 25% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #29,938 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,987 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 78 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Noir ranks #29,938 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,987 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 78 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,938 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,987 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Noir's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Noir compares
78 21st 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
Noir's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Noir | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 78 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Noir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Noir splits its recorded history at 2022: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Noir popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Noir popularity over time - boys
56 total births recorded since 2019 (Noir as boys' name)
Noir by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (73 births, 94% of the file).
2020s was Noir's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 94% of all-time use.
Noir births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 73 births (94% of all-time use).
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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, 2018–2025 (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 Noir 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.