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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Noel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Noel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Noel” 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 “Noel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Noel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Noel” 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 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 -100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 -100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 -100%
1894 23 0.000067909 23 -100%
1895 17 0.00004843 17 -100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 -100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 -100%
1898 23 0.000060295 23 -100%
1899 21 0.000061904 21 -100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 -100%
1901 16 0.000046268 16 -100%
1902 22 0.000056887 22 -100%
1903 28 0.000073452 28 -100%
1904 22 0.000054525 22 -100%
1905 39 0.000091998 39 -100%
1906 33 0.000077022 33 -100%
1907 32 0.00006876 32 -100%
1908 47 0.000096184 47 -100%
1909 50 0.000097804 5 45 -80%
1910 44 0.000074487 44 -100%
1911 49 0.000076054 6 43 -76%
1912 86 0.000087039 6 80 -86%
1913 133 0.000116963 5 128 -92%
1914 147 0.000103788 11 136 -85%
1915 232 0.000126608 9 223 -92%
1916 197 0.000101839 16 181 -84%
1917 207 0.000103152 15 192 -86%
1918 203 0.000093501 17 186 -83%
1919 183 0.00008672 18 165 -80%
1920 224 0.000098999 18 206 -84%
1921 193 0.000082673 12 181 -88%
1922 219 0.000095668 12 207 -89%
1923 193 0.000083823 6 187 -94%
1924 213 0.000089435 17 196 -84%
1925 218 0.00009343 20 198 -82%
1926 223 0.000097129 18 205 -84%
1927 248 0.000106926 19 229 -85%
1928 295 0.000130477 30 265 -80%
1929 273 0.000124535 32 241 -77%
1930 249 0.000111996 35 214 -72%
1931 313 0.000148737 36 277 -77%
1932 351 0.000166249 51 300 -71%
1933 350 0.000175048 32 318 -82%
1934 369 0.000177676 40 329 -78%
1935 381 0.000182305 42 339 -78%
1936 371 0.000178573 46 325 -75%
1937 439 0.000206038 64 375 -71%
1938 486 0.000219654 61 425 -75%
1939 453 0.000205587 57 396 -75%
1940 447 0.000194121 73 374 -67%
1941 420 0.000172384 85 335 -60%
1942 462 0.000169118 94 368 -59%
1943 468 0.000165807 71 397 -70%
1944 430 0.000159847 70 360 -67%
1945 416 0.000156809 98 318 -53%
1946 439 0.000137389 105 334 -52%
1947 505 0.000140187 123 382 -51%
1948 443 0.000128312 112 331 -49%
1949 426 0.000122246 84 342 -61%
1950 389 0.000111036 84 305 -57%
1951 407 0.000110486 90 317 -56%
1952 414 0.000109005 76 338 -63%
1953 434 0.000112621 98 336 -55%
1954 447 0.000112292 96 351 -57%
1955 470 0.000117059 132 338 -44%
1956 488 0.000118359 98 390 -60%
1957 455 0.000108278 78 377 -66%
1958 527 0.000127482 81 446 -69%
1959 520 0.00012506 72 448 -72%
1960 468 0.000112668 78 390 -67%
1961 491 0.000118533 59 432 -76%
1962 479 0.0001187 60 419 -75%
1963 471 0.000118993 87 384 -63%
1964 482 0.000123984 110 372 -54%
1965 496 0.000136811 109 387 -56%
1966 620 0.000178384 151 469 -51%
1967 816 0.000240361 245 571 -40%
1968 845 0.000250117 206 639 -51%
1969 784 0.000225591 183 601 -53%
1970 875 0.000242617 200 675 -54%
1971 847 0.000246769 204 643 -52%
1972 718 0.000228445 181 537 -50%
1973 659 0.000218437 175 484 -47%
1974 672 0.000221053 166 506 -51%
1975 673 0.000222892 172 501 -49%
1976 597 0.00019675 159 438 -47%
1977 625 0.000196758 180 445 -42%
1978 598 0.000188414 185 413 -38%
1979 679 0.000204088 185 494 -46%
1980 646 0.000187545 188 458 -42%
1981 662 0.000191364 187 475 -44%
1982 649 0.000185008 179 470 -45%
1983 683 0.000197209 221 462 -35%
1984 719 0.000206091 241 478 -33%
1985 747 0.000209296 302 445 -19%
1986 725 0.000203819 252 473 -30%
1987 799 0.000221599 336 463 -16%
1988 803 0.000217318 315 488 -22%
1989 834 0.000216936 273 561 -35%
1990 843 0.000213284 255 588 -40%
1991 805 0.000206661 269 536 -33%
1992 754 0.000196289 244 510 -35%
1993 716 0.000189906 221 495 -38%
1994 727 0.000195553 224 503 -38%
1995 747 0.000203978 226 521 -39%
1996 759 0.000208105 242 517 -36%
1997 809 0.000223126 265 544 -34%
1998 737 0.000200369 242 495 -34%
1999 761 0.000206017 199 562 -48%
2000 821 0.000217201 205 616 -50%
2001 793 0.00021184 210 583 -47%
2002 740 0.000197951 192 548 -48%
2003 699 0.000183835 185 514 -47%
2004 740 0.00019367 168 572 -55%
2005 773 0.000201048 182 591 -53%
2006 787 0.000198929 180 607 -54%
2007 828 0.00020712 193 635 -53%
2008 770 0.000195896 178 592 -54%
2009 736 0.000192661 181 555 -51%
2010 705 0.00019076 160 545 -55%
2011 752 0.000205589 165 587 -56%
2012 827 0.000226119 145 682 -65%
2013 960 0.000263326 182 778 -62%
2014 1107 0.000298675 206 901 -63%
2015 1073 0.000289929 211 862 -61%
2016 1050 0.000286205 204 846 -61%
2017 1033 0.000288854 201 832 -61%
2018 979 0.00027845 191 788 -61%
2019 990 0.000285226 199 791 -60%
2020 856 0.000256243 142 714 -67%
2021 965 0.000284833 178 787 -63%
2022 934 0.000276075 192 742 -59%
2023 858 0.000259121 172 686 -60%
2024 874 0.000262581 146 728 -67%

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