Noel

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Noel first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 23 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 189 babies (rank #65 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Noel

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Noel yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

2,134

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

189

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Noel

Noël CowardSOE agent · b. 1899

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	156	#56
1953	151	#54
1954	133	#58
1955	133	#58
1956	133	#60
1957	128	#60
1958	98	#76
1959	136	#65
1960	189	#65
1961	155	#73
1962	170	#71
1963	129	#76
1964	112	#83
1965	64	#97
1966	47	#101
1967	43	#103
1968	38	#106
1969	38	#104
1970	36	#108
1971	38	#109
2015	2	#690
2016	1	#1,887
2017	3	#479