Noble

Primarily a boy's name · 95% boys

Meaning

Noble is the given name of the following people: Noble David Cook, author and historian of colonial Peru Noble Craig, American actor and Vietnam War veteran Noble Doss, American National Football League halfback Noble S.

From Wikipedia

Noble first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1920 with 196 babies (rank #428 that year). In 2024 it was given to 162 boys (rank #1,233). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Noble

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

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.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.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

10,107

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

196

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	6	#882
1881	26	#321
1882	18	#433
1883	15	#475
1884	18	#443
1885	17	#454
1886	10	#631
1887	15	#448
1888	15	#519
1889	24	#367
1890	21	#400
1891	19	#406
1892	30	#346
1893	15	#497
1894	29	#335
1895	28	#355
1896	24	#404
1897	19	#449
1898	34	#331
1899	28	#343
1900	36	#372
1901	33	#312
1902	22	#452
1903	29	#358
1904	21	#476
1905	29	#398
1906	33	#374
1907	22	#505
1908	40	#362
1909	31	#458
1910	44	#403
1911	45	#439
1912	71	#468
1913	93	#446
1914	119	#443
1915	141	#464
1916	158	#445
1917	147	#472
1918	185	#433
1919	190	#427
1920	196	#428
1921	161	#488
1922	152	#501
1923	146	#508
1924	139	#537
1925	164	#474
1926	150	#490
1927	145	#505
1928	127	#544
1929	104	#596
1930	113	#567
1931	96	#603
1932	90	#630
1933	93	#604
1934	87	#648
1935	86	#635
1936	89	#621
1937	84	#648
1938	82	#666
1939	71	#713
1940	79	#684
1941	63	#794
1942	93	#671
1943	81	#719
1944	78	#706
1945	61	#793
1946	71	#790
1947	71	#828
1948	79	#764
1949	67	#841
1950	67	#834
1951	56	#940
1952	56	#960
1953	66	#887
1954	59	#973
1955	51	#1,061
1956	42	#1,181
1957	48	#1,110
1958	54	#1,046
1959	43	#1,191
1960	40	#1,250
1961	41	#1,243
1962	40	#1,239
1963	43	#1,189
1964	40	#1,228
1965	34	#1,330
1966	36	#1,275
1967	26	#1,531
1968	37	#1,257
1969	32	#1,429
1970	37	#1,390
1971	33	#1,514
1972	29	#1,629
1973	45	#1,237
1974	17	#2,432
1975	30	#1,693
1976	20	#2,307
1977	22	#2,186
1978	26	#1,950
1979	28	#1,930
1980	27	#2,038
1981	25	#2,127
1982	28	#1,976
1983	26	#2,062
1984	12	#3,614
1985	27	#2,109
1986	15	#3,231
1987	21	#2,618
1988	27	#2,288
1989	29	#2,338
1990	26	#2,599
1991	32	#2,278
1992	29	#2,516
1993	29	#2,559
1994	33	#2,380
1995	44	#1,943
1996	39	#2,172
1997	47	#1,951
1998	51	#1,918
1999	63	#1,683
2000	48	#2,119
2001	72	#1,646
2002	77	#1,594
2003	65	#1,836
2004	57	#2,094
2005	68	#1,882
2006	59	#2,199
2007	72	#1,968
2008	88	#1,732
2009	72	#1,970
2010	96	#1,634
2011	92	#1,651
2012	118	#1,415
2013	114	#1,455
2014	132	#1,328
2015	145	#1,250
2016	143	#1,275
2017	158	#1,184
2018	165	#1,164
2019	187	#1,076
2020	148	#1,250
2021	151	#1,264
2022	139	#1,350
2023	153	#1,262
2024	162	#1,233