# Noble (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/noble/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,261 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,775 / 486 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 29, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From noble.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | 14,811 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,342 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,226 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,991 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,974 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,514 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6,735 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,182 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,249 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,851 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,919 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,932 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,854 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,863 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,618 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 92 | 1,652 |
| 2012 | 118 | 1,415 |
| 2013 | 114 | 1,455 |
| 2014 | 132 | 1,328 |
| 2015 | 145 | 1,250 |
| 2016 | 143 | 1,275 |
| 2017 | 158 | 1,185 |
| 2018 | 165 | 1,164 |
| 2019 | 188 | 1,075 |
| 2020 | 149 | 1,249 |
| 2021 | 151 | 1,264 |
| 2022 | 139 | 1,350 |
| 2023 | 153 | 1,265 |
| 2024 | 163 | 1,234 |
| 2025 | 144 | 1,337 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Noble

- Noble Johnson, African-American actor and film producer (1881–1978)
- Noble Willingham, American actor (1931–2004)
- Noble Sissle, African-American jazz musician (1889–1975)
- Noble Okello, Canadian soccer player
- James Noble Tyner, American politician (1826–1904)
- John Noble Goodwin, American politician (1824-1887)
- Kenneth N. Stevens, American phonetician (1924–2013)
- Justin Paul, American theater and television composer and lyricist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.