Nobel
Boy · noh-BEL · Scandinavian
Nobel is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Nobel mean?
Scandinavian: Swedish surname of Alfred Nobel; also a respelling of Noble
Recalls Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist whose will founded the Nobel Prizes.
- Say it
- noh-BEL
Is Nobel a girl's or a boy's name?
Nobel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nobel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Nobel, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Nobel in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nobel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
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