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Noella

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Noella is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 106 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1060.01% of girls
Peak year
2018147 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1900
3,115people given the name
Babies named Noella, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

3,115 girls have been named Noella in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 147 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 29%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Noella
1900s22
1910s199
1920s257
1930s211
1940s133
1950s206
1960s80
1970s99
1980s79
1990s94
2000s295
2010s896
2020s544

In 2018, its biggest year

Noella was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2018 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2018.

Names that rose and fell with Noella

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.