Recorded 1921–1945 Boys' name Peak 1929 19 births

Noyes — boys' name

19 babies named Noyes in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s131940s6
1920s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Noyes was born in this single decade.

1929
Single peak year

8 babies were named Noyes in 1929 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Noyes

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Noyes between 1921 and 1945, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Noyes currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1945. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Noyes performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Noyes shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Noyes 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 19 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.

Noyes at a glance

Last recorded 1945

Total births

19

Since 1921

25 years of records

Peak year

1929

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1945

Active since

1921

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 1945

Noyes popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1921

Last recorded 1945
Peak year (1929)
8
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
456789 194519291921 5

Noyes by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
13 births that decade — 68% of Noyes's all-time total
1920s131940s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Noyes?
19 babies have been named Noyes since 1921. It was last recorded in 1945. The peak year was 1929 with 8 births.
When was Noyes most popular?
Noyes was most popular in the 1920s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 1929.
How long has the name Noyes been used?
Noyes has been recorded in Social Security data since 1921, spanning 25 years of data through 1945.
What names are similar to Noyes?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Noyan, Noy. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1921–1945 (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.