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Noble: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 144 in 2025. Its best rank was #312 in 1901.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #312 in 1901; #1,337 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Noble in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,337 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1901, at #312.
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Noble: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 144 boys in 2025. Peak: #312 in 1901 · most boys in one year: 196 (1920).
In 2025, 144 US boys were named Noble, making it the 1,337th most common boys’ name of the year, down 103 places from #1,234 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 163 boys named Noble in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #312, reached in 1901. The most boys given the name in a single year was 196, in 1920. For comparison, it was #1,250 in 2015 and #833 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Noble in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 6 babies with the name. In all, 10,261 US babies have been given the name, 4.7% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,583 babies named Noble.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,553 US boys were named Noble; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 188. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,862 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Noble ranked highest in North Carolina in 2025, at #755 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 12 | #755 | #1,258 |
| Indiana | 8 | #760 | — |
| Georgia | 11 | #834 | #1,188 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,240 | #1,056 |
| New York | 8 | #1,375 | #1,442 |
| Texas | 14 | #1,395 | #995 |
| California | 13 | #1,408 | #1,832 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,618 | 144 | #1,337 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,863 | 163 | #1,234 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,854 | 153 | #1,265 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,932 | 139 | #1,350 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,919 | 151 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,851 | 149 | #1,249 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,249 | 188 | #1,075 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,182 | 165 | #1,164 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,735 | 158 | #1,185 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,514 | 143 | #1,275 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,974 | 145 | #1,250 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,991 | 132 | #1,328 |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,226 | 114 | #1,455 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,342 | 118 | #1,415 |
| 2011 | — | — | 92 | #1,652 |
| 2010 | — | — | 96 | #1,634 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,811 | 72 | #1,971 |
| 2008 | — | — | 88 | #1,732 |
| 2007 | — | — | 72 | #1,968 |
| 2006 | — | — | 59 | #2,199 |
| 2005 | 6 | #15,914 | 68 | #1,882 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,065 | 57 | #2,094 |
| 2003 | — | — | 65 | #1,836 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,393 | 77 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | — | — | 72 | #1,646 |
| 2000 | — | — | 48 | #2,119 |
| 1999 | — | — | 63 | #1,683 |
| 1998 | — | — | 51 | #1,918 |
| 1997 | — | — | 47 | #1,951 |
| 1996 | — | — | 39 | #2,172 |
| 1995 | 5 | #15,088 | 44 | #1,943 |
| 1994 | — | — | 33 | #2,380 |
| 1993 | — | — | 29 | #2,559 |
| 1992 | — | — | 29 | #2,516 |
| 1991 | — | — | 32 | #2,279 |
| 1990 | — | — | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1989 | — | — | 29 | #2,338 |
| 1988 | — | — | 27 | #2,288 |
| 1987 | — | — | 21 | #2,618 |
| 1986 | — | — | 15 | #3,231 |
| 1985 | — | — | 27 | #2,109 |
| 1984 | — | — | 12 | #3,614 |
| 1983 | — | — | 26 | #2,060 |
| 1982 | — | — | 28 | #1,975 |
| 1981 | — | — | 25 | #2,127 |
| 1980 | — | — | 27 | #2,038 |
| 1979 | — | — | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1978 | — | — | 26 | #1,950 |
| 1977 | — | — | 22 | #2,186 |
| 1976 | — | — | 20 | #2,306 |
| 1975 | — | — | 30 | #1,693 |
| 1974 | — | — | 17 | #2,432 |
| 1973 | — | — | 45 | #1,237 |
| 1972 | — | — | 29 | #1,629 |
| 1971 | — | — | 33 | #1,514 |
| 1970 | — | — | 37 | #1,390 |
| 1969 | — | — | 32 | #1,430 |
| 1968 | — | — | 37 | #1,257 |
| 1967 | — | — | 26 | #1,531 |
| 1966 | — | — | 36 | #1,275 |
| 1965 | — | — | 34 | #1,330 |
| 1964 | — | — | 40 | #1,228 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,329 | 43 | #1,190 |
| 1962 | — | — | 40 | #1,239 |
| 1961 | — | — | 41 | #1,244 |
| 1960 | — | — | 40 | #1,250 |
| 1959 | — | — | 43 | #1,191 |
| 1958 | — | — | 54 | #1,046 |
| 1957 | — | — | 48 | #1,112 |
| 1956 | — | — | 42 | #1,181 |
| 1955 | — | — | 51 | #1,061 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,649 | 59 | #972 |
| 1953 | — | — | 66 | #888 |
| 1952 | — | — | 56 | #960 |
| 1951 | — | — | 56 | #940 |
| 1950 | — | — | 67 | #833 |
| 1949 | — | — | 67 | #841 |
| 1948 | — | — | 79 | #764 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,888 | 71 | #828 |
| 1946 | — | — | 71 | #790 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,057 | 62 | #788 |
| 1944 | 5 | #5,063 | 78 | #705 |
| 1943 | — | — | 81 | #719 |
| 1942 | — | — | 93 | #671 |
| 1941 | — | — | 63 | #794 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,757 | 79 | #684 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,340 | 71 | #713 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,744 | 82 | #666 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,139 | 84 | #648 |
| 1936 | — | — | 89 | #621 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,717 | 86 | #635 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,790 | 87 | #648 |
| 1933 | — | — | 93 | #604 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,495 | 90 | #630 |
| 1931 | 6 | #4,213 | 96 | #603 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,946 | 113 | #567 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,320 | 104 | #596 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,240 | 127 | #544 |
| 1927 | — | — | 145 | #505 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,211 | 150 | #490 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,732 | 164 | #474 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,928 | 139 | #537 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,259 | 146 | #508 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,361 | 152 | #501 |
| 1921 | 20 | #2,029 | 161 | #488 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,289 | 196 | #428 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,610 | 190 | #427 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,175 | 185 | #433 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,619 | 147 | #472 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,786 | 158 | #445 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,692 | 141 | #464 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,573 | 119 | #443 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,562 | 93 | #446 |
| 1912 | — | — | 71 | #468 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,910 | 45 | #439 |
| 1910 | — | — | 44 | #403 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,452 | 31 | #458 |
| 1908 | — | — | 40 | #362 |
| 1907 | — | — | 22 | #505 |
| 1906 | — | — | 33 | #374 |
| 1905 | — | — | 29 | #398 |
| 1904 | — | — | 21 | #476 |
| 1903 | — | — | 29 | #358 |
| 1902 | — | — | 22 | #452 |
| 1901 | — | — | 33 | #312 |
| 1900 | — | — | 36 | #372 |
| 1899 | — | — | 28 | #343 |
| 1898 | — | — | 34 | #331 |
| 1897 | — | — | 19 | #449 |
| 1896 | — | — | 24 | #404 |
| 1895 | — | — | 28 | #355 |
| 1894 | — | — | 29 | #335 |
| 1893 | — | — | 15 | #497 |
| 1892 | — | — | 30 | #346 |
| 1891 | — | — | 19 | #406 |
| 1890 | — | — | 21 | #400 |
| 1889 | — | — | 24 | #367 |
| 1888 | — | — | 15 | #519 |
| 1887 | — | — | 15 | #448 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #631 |
| 1885 | — | — | 17 | #454 |
| 1884 | — | — | 18 | #443 |
| 1883 | — | — | 15 | #475 |
| 1882 | — | — | 18 | #433 |
| 1881 | — | — | 26 | #321 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #882 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).