Noel Boy Name

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The name Noel is of French origin, and means Christmas. The table below indicates the number of times the name Noel has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Noel**
Use of the Name Noel for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
37,132	24,630	12,847	5,454	2,818	1,075	566

The table below indicates the number of times the name Noel has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Noel**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	626	10
1881	500	13
1882	634	10
1883
1884	563	12
1885	746	8
1886	928	6
1887
1888	576	13
1889	542	13
1890	655	10
1891	683	9
1892	512	16
1893	639	11
1894	396	23
1895	499	17
1896	662	12
1897	605	13
1898	414	23
1899	411	21
1900	597	18
1901	501	16
1902	452	22
1903	365	28
1904	464	22
1905	320	39
1906	375	33
1907	394	33
1908	327	47
1909	355	44
1910	403	44
1911	451	43
1912	436	80
1913	372	127
1914	408	136
1915	360	223
1916	414	181
1917	408	193
1918	436	184
1919	459	166
1920	411	206
1921	458	181
1922	421	206
1923	445	190
1924	437	195
1925	426	197
1926	425	204
1927	396	228
1928	350	265
1929	369	243
1930	394	214
1931	330	278
1932	318	299	993	51
1933	300	317
1934	303	325
1935	297	340
1936	297	324
1937	281	374	867	64
1938	266	425	908	61
1939	279	394	935	57
1940	290	375	834	74
1941	318	336	786	85
1942	319	369	789	94
1943	311	394	927	71
1944	316	362	922	70
1945	337	313	759	98
1946	354	336	811	104
1947	350	378	779	123
1948	372	326	824	112
1949	367	340	973	85
1950	384	306
1951	382	313	983	90
1952	366	342
1953	378	334	963	98
1954	378	354	999	96
1955	397	335	846	132
1956	381	391
1957	399	378
1958	369	441
1959	372	450
1960	400	391
1961	382	428
1962	396	419
1963	411	383
1964	418	373
1965	400	385
1966	345	471	812	150
1967	309	568	607	244
1968	295	639	676	206
1969	310	601	747	184
1970	299	677	735	201
1971	306	638	740	202
1972	331	537	768	181
1973	348	484	771	175
1974	343	506	814	166
1975	341	500	804	171
1976	365	438	857	159
1977	369	444	833	180
1978	380	414	806	186
1979	358	492	849	184
1980	376	455	832	188
1981	368	474	835	187
1982	370	469	861	179
1983	374	463	740	221
1984	369	477	694	241
1985	407	443	625	300
1986	388	472	710	252
1987	403	461	586	338
1988	404	489	628	316
1989	392	559	724	273
1990	394	588	790	255
1991	422	537	767	269
1992	434	510	819	244
1993	445	493	877	221
1994	448	503	875	224
1995	439	520	864	224
1996	436	517	832	241
1997	423	543	791	263
1998	456	494	869	243
1999	419	562
2000	407	614
2001	423	583
2002	450	546
2003	485	509
2004	451	566
Totals:		37,132		8,833

During the last 125 years, parents have used Noel as a boy's name about 80% of the time and less frequently (about 19% of the time) as a girl's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Noel appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 123 times during the last 125 years.

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