first name
NOELLE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 34,332 people named Noelle, 68.7% reported their origin as White, 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Noelle peaked in 2025, when 1,507 babies got the name.
At least 44,572 babies have been given the name since 1927. 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.
Noelle by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #459. The largest share of babies named Noelle, 39.9%, 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 Noelle is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Noelle has been most common in Hawaii (1.8×), Nevada (1.8×), and New Jersey (1.8×), and least common in Mississippi (0.13×).
41,446 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 Noelle
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Noelle, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Noelle ranks #69,958 of 156,621, with 302 people. See Noelle as a last name
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