Noel

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #478in 2025
  • 1 in 2,689boys in 2025
  • −17%last ten years
  • 2.2×in Nevada

Most popular in 2014. Quieter now: down 17% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

023546918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Noel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188091
1881129
188288
188348
1884105
188574
188654
188749
1888108
1889118
189090
189189
1892131
189398
1894199
1895145
1896100
1897115
1898187
1899198
1900120
1901150
1902179
1903235
1904172
1905295
1906248
1907218
1908305
1909274
1910227
1911190
1912186
1913250
1914208
1915263
1916203
1917207
1918184
1919168
1920194
1921164
1922190
1923171
1924173
1925177
1926185
1927203
1928239
1929224
1930195
1931266
1932287
1933321
1934319
1935326
1936313
1937352
1938383
1939358
1940323
1941273
1942266
1943278
1944264
1945236
1946206
1947209
1948189
1949193
1950170
1951168
1952174
1953170
1954172
1955164
1956184
1957175
1958210
1959210
1960183
1961203
1962203
1963189
1964187
1965208
1966263
1967327
1968368
1969336
1970363
1971364
1972331
1973311
1974322
1975321
1976279
1977271
1978252
1979287
1980257
1981266
1982258
1983258
1984265
1985241
1986257
1987248
1988255
1989280
1990286
1991265
1992255
1993252
1994260
1995274
1996273
1997289
1998259
1999293
2000314
2001300
2002282
2003260
2004288
2005296
2006295
2007306
2008290
2009280
2010284
2011309
2012360
2013411
2014469
2015450
2016446
2017449
2018434
2019441
2020414
2021450
2022426
2023401
2024424
2025372

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Nevada 2.2×
  2. California 2.0×
  3. Texas 1.8×
  4. Arizona 1.6×
  5. New York 1.3×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
635
Rank in 2025
#478
How rare
1 in 2,689 boys
Since 1880
52,096

Most popular in 2014, at 469 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 17% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Nevada2.2×30
California2.0×424
Texas1.8×392
Arizona1.6×63
New York1.3×138

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.