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How popular is “Noble” in the USA?

Number of people named “Noble” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Noble” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Noble” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Noble” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Noble” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Noble” by birth year

This chart shows how “Noble” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1881 26 0.000134933 26 -100%
1882 18 0.000081252 18 -100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 -100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 -100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 -100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 -100%
1889 24 0.000083061 24 -100%
1890 21 0.000069675 21 -100%
1891 19 0.000066278 19 -100%
1892 30 0.00008972 30 -100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 -100%
1894 29 0.000085624 29 -100%
1895 28 0.000079768 28 -100%
1896 24 0.000067136 24 -100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 -100%
1898 34 0.000089132 34 -100%
1899 28 0.000082539 28 -100%
1900 36 0.000079954 36 -100%
1901 33 0.000095428 33 -100%
1902 22 0.000056887 22 -100%
1903 29 0.000076076 29 -100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 -100%
1905 29 0.000068409 29 -100%
1906 33 0.000077022 33 -100%
1907 22 0.000047272 22 -100%
1908 40 0.000081858 40 -100%
1909 36 0.000070419 5 31 -72%
1910 44 0.000074487 44 -100%
1911 53 0.000082263 8 45 -70%
1912 71 0.000071858 71 -100%
1913 98 0.000086183 5 93 -90%
1914 128 0.000090374 9 119 -86%
1915 148 0.000080767 7 141 -91%
1916 169 0.000087365 11 158 -87%
1917 155 0.000077239 8 147 -90%
1918 202 0.00009304 17 185 -83%
1919 203 0.000096197 13 190 -87%
1920 203 0.000089718 7 196 -93%
1921 181 0.000077532 20 161 -78%
1922 168 0.000073389 16 152 -81%
1923 153 0.00006645 7 146 -91%
1924 151 0.000063402 12 139 -84%
1925 177 0.000075858 13 164 -85%
1926 160 0.000069689 10 150 -88%
1927 145 0.000062517 145 -100%
1928 132 0.000058383 5 127 -92%
1929 113 0.000051547 9 104 -84%
1930 120 0.000053974 7 113 -88%
1931 102 0.00004847 6 96 -88%
1932 98 0.000046417 8 90 -84%
1933 93 0.000046513 93 -100%
1934 92 0.000044299 5 87 -89%
1935 91 0.000043543 5 86 -89%
1936 89 0.000042838 89 -100%
1937 90 0.00004224 6 84 -87%
1938 89 0.000040225 7 82 -84%
1939 79 0.000035853 8 71 -80%
1940 86 0.000037348 7 79 -84%
1941 63 0.000025858 63 -100%
1942 93 0.000034043 93 -100%
1943 81 0.000028697 81 -100%
1944 83 0.000030854 5 78 -88%
1945 66 0.000024878 5 61 -85%
1946 71 0.00002222 71 -100%
1947 76 0.000021098 5 71 -87%
1948 79 0.000022882 79 -100%
1949 67 0.000019226 67 -100%
1950 67 0.000019125 67 -100%
1951 56 0.000015202 56 -100%
1952 56 0.000014745 56 -100%
1953 66 0.000017127 66 -100%
1954 70 0.000017585 11 59 -69%
1955 51 0.000012702 51 -100%
1956 42 0.000010187 42 -100%
1957 48 0.000011423 48 -100%
1958 54 0.000013063 54 -100%
1959 43 0.000010342 43 -100%
1960 40 0.00000963 40 -100%
1961 41 0.000009898 41 -100%
1962 40 0.000009912 40 -100%
1963 48 0.000012127 5 43 -79%
1964 40 0.000010289 40 -100%
1965 34 0.000009378 34 -100%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 -100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 -100%
1968 37 0.000010952 37 -100%
1969 32 0.000009208 32 -100%
1970 37 0.000010259 37 -100%
1971 33 0.000009614 33 -100%
1972 29 0.000009227 29 -100%
1973 45 0.000014916 45 -100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 -100%
1975 30 0.000009936 30 -100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 -100%
1977 22 0.000006926 22 -100%
1978 26 0.000008192 26 -100%
1979 28 0.000008416 28 -100%
1980 27 0.000007839 27 -100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 26 0.000007507 26 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 27 0.000007565 27 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 27 0.000007307 27 -100%
1989 29 0.000007543 29 -100%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 -100%
1991 32 0.000008215 32 -100%
1992 29 0.00000755 29 -100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 -100%
1994 33 0.000008877 33 -100%
1995 49 0.00001338 5 44 -80%
1996 39 0.000010693 39 -100%
1997 47 0.000012963 47 -100%
1998 51 0.000013865 51 -100%
1999 63 0.000017055 63 -100%
2000 48 0.000012699 48 -100%
2001 72 0.000019234 72 -100%
2002 82 0.000021935 5 77 -88%
2003 65 0.000017095 65 -100%
2004 62 0.000016226 5 57 -84%
2005 74 0.000019247 6 68 -84%
2006 59 0.000014913 59 -100%
2007 72 0.00001801 72 -100%
2008 88 0.000022388 88 -100%
2009 79 0.00002068 7 72 -82%
2010 96 0.000025976 96 -100%
2011 92 0.000025152 92 -100%
2012 124 0.000033904 6 118 -90%
2013 121 0.00003319 7 114 -88%
2014 143 0.000038582 11 132 -85%
2015 156 0.000042152 11 145 -86%
2016 159 0.00004334 16 143 -80%
2017 176 0.000049214 18 158 -80%
2018 185 0.000052618 20 165 -78%
2019 203 0.000058486 16 187 -84%
2020 165 0.000049393 17 148 -79%
2021 165 0.000048702 14 151 -83%
2022 153 0.000045224 14 139 -82%
2023 170 0.000051341 17 153 -80%
2024 175 0.000052576 13 162 -85%

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