first name
NOEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 61,698 people named Noel, 42.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 35.8% as White and 9.8% as Black. 79.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Noel peaked in 2014, when 1,107 babies got the name.
At least 67,380 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Noel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #609. The largest share of babies named Noel, 18.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Noel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Noel has been most common in California (1.9×), Texas (1.7×), and New York (1.6×), and least common in Nebraska (0.11×).
56,312 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Noel
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Noel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Noel ranks #1,077 of 156,621, with 31,994 people. See Noel as a last name
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