Noelle Girl

How popular is Noelle?

#202 girl name in 2025

1,507 baby girls were named Noelle in the US in 2025, making it the 202nd most popular girl name.

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43,625living people named Noelle (est.)
18median age of people named Noelle
44,572babies named Noelle since 1880
1 in 2,200US babies born in 2025

Noelle popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#202 for girls (▲ 11 from 2024)
Babies in 20251,507 girls
10-year trendRising (+17% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#252 in 2015, #210 in 2020
Peak year2025 (1,507 girls)
Highest rank#202 in 2021 (2 years at that rank)
First recorded1927
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Noelle is most popular

Babies named Noelle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Delaware: 3.7 per 1,000 (42 girls)
  2. Hawaii: 2.2 per 1,000 (25 girls)
  3. New Hampshire: 2.1 per 1,000 (39 girls)
  4. Maryland: 1.8 per 1,000 (189 girls)
  5. District of Columbia: 1.8 per 1,000 (21 girls)

Noelle by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1920s12#3,680
1930s58#2,688
1940s218#1,460
1950s290#1,416
1960s2,309#449
1970s3,501#447
1980s4,584#397
1990s5,984#374
2000s6,976#401
2010s11,872#221
2020s8,653#202

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Questions

Is Noelle a boy or girl name?
Noelle is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Noelle were girls.
How popular is the name Noelle?
1,507 baby girls were named Noelle in the US in 2025, making it the 202nd most popular girl name.
When was Noelle most popular?
Noelle peaked in 2025, when 1,507 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #202, held for 2 years starting in 2021.
How many people are named Noelle?
44,572 babies have been named Noelle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 43,625 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
Where is Noelle most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Noelle was most common in Delaware, at 3.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.