How Many People Are Named Noble?
people named Noble are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 66,443 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,261 babies named Noble in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
204 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "noble, notable". The name can also be given in direct reference to the English word noble.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Noble, 4.9% were girls and 95.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 8.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Noble alive today is about 29 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Noble first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2019, to 204 babies. In 2025, 149 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Noble has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #312, in 1901. In 2025 it ranked #1,337.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,337 |
| Best rank | #312 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #501 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Noble alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Noble were born in Texas than in any other state: about 489 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Noble was given 4.3 times as often in Indiana, 4.1 times in Kentucky and 3.8 times in Arkansas.
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