# Noelle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/noelle/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnəʊəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Noel, Noele, Noeleen, Noelene, Noeline |
| US babies named this | 44,572 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 115 / 44,457 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 521, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Noëlle, the feminine form of the male given name Noël.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 906 | 358 |
| 2012 | 1,028 | 314 |
| 2013 | 1,083 | 294 |
| 2014 | 1,294 | 250 |
| 2015 | 1,284 | 252 |
| 2016 | 1,270 | 249 |
| 2017 | 1,347 | 238 |
| 2018 | 1,383 | 229 |
| 2019 | 1,401 | 221 |
| 2020 | 1,373 | 210 |
| 2021 | 1,479 | 202 |
| 2022 | 1,393 | 210 |
| 2023 | 1,457 | 206 |
| 2024 | 1,444 | 213 |
| 2025 | 1,507 | 202 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 | 7,023 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,860 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,206 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,452 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,382 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,329 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,419 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,978 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,753 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,569 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,537 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,482 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,898 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,617 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,400 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,456 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,452 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 33 | 1,063 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2019 | 29 | 1,153 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,044 |
| 2021 | 37 | 936 |
| 2022 | 40 | 876 |
| 2023 | 58 | 632 |
| 2024 | 51 | 736 |
| 2025 | 52 | 705 |

## In other languages

- Polish: Noelle

## 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.