Noble
Boy · NOH-bul · English
Noble is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “noble; of high rank”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,333rd for boys in the US (144 babies).
What does Noble mean?
English: English word, via French from Latin nobilis
“noble; of high rank”
From the English word, which comes via French from Latin nobilis, 'well known, noble'.
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Is Noble a girl's or a boy's name?
Noble is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 144 boys in the US.
How popular is Noble in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Noble, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Noble in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
How popular is Noble in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,333among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 144about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 144 boys in the US were named Noble, making it the 1,333rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,245th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 196 boys. 5 girls were also named Noble in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Noble in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Noble in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | #1,333 |
| 2024 | 163 | #1,231 |
| 2023 | 153 | #1,258 |
| 2022 | 139 | #1,347 |
| 2021 | 151 | #1,262 |
| 2020 | 149 | #1,245 |
| 2019 | 188 | #1,075 |
| 2018 | 165 | #1,160 |
| 2017 | 158 | #1,182 |
| 2016 | 143 | #1,275 |
| 2015 | 145 | #1,247 |
| 2014 | 132 | #1,321 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,444 |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,407 |
| 2011 | 92 | #1,644 |
| 2010 | 96 | #1,626 |
| 2009 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2008 | 88 | #1,719 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 68 | #1,865 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,071 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 77 | #1,586 |
| 2001 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 63 | #1,668 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,140 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,070 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,231 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,414 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,250 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,317 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,218 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,174 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,229 |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,232 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,241 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,181 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,039 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,170 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,053 |
| 1954 | 59 | #962 |
| 1953 | 66 | #883 |
| 1952 | 56 | #952 |
| 1951 | 56 | #933 |
| 1950 | 67 | #829 |
| 1949 | 67 | #833 |
| 1948 | 79 | #759 |
| 1947 | 71 | #821 |
| 1946 | 71 | #785 |
| 1945 | 62 | #782 |
| 1944 | 78 | #702 |
| 1943 | 81 | #714 |
| 1942 | 93 | #667 |
| 1941 | 63 | #786 |
| 1940 | 79 | #681 |
| 1939 | 71 | #707 |
| 1938 | 82 | #660 |
| 1937 | 84 | #648 |
| 1936 | 89 | #617 |
| 1935 | 86 | #633 |
| 1934 | 87 | #642 |
| 1933 | 93 | #603 |
| 1932 | 90 | #626 |
| 1931 | 96 | #602 |
| 1930 | 113 | #564 |
| 1929 | 104 | #591 |
| 1928 | 127 | #542 |
| 1927 | 145 | #502 |
| 1926 | 150 | #490 |
| 1925 | 164 | #472 |
| 1924 | 139 | #535 |
| 1923 | 146 | #507 |
| 1922 | 152 | #500 |
| 1921 | 161 | #487 |
| 1920 | 196 | #427 |
| 1919 | 190 | #426 |
| 1918 | 185 | #432 |
| 1917 | 147 | #470 |
| 1916 | 158 | #443 |
| 1915 | 141 | #462 |
| 1914 | 119 | #440 |
| 1913 | 93 | #445 |
| 1912 | 71 | #468 |
| 1911 | 45 | #432 |
| 1910 | 44 | #396 |
| 1909 | 31 | #453 |
| 1908 | 40 | #360 |
| 1907 | 22 | #495 |
| 1906 | 33 | #363 |
| 1905 | 29 | #393 |
| 1904 | 21 | #466 |
| 1903 | 29 | #357 |
| 1902 | 22 | #440 |
| 1901 | 33 | #310 |
| 1900 | 36 | #365 |
| 1899 | 28 | #336 |
| 1898 | 34 | #329 |
| 1897 | 19 | #438 |
| 1896 | 24 | #400 |
| 1895 | 28 | #347 |
| 1894 | 29 | #332 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 30 | #341 |
| 1891 | 19 | #397 |
| 1890 | 21 | #389 |
| 1889 | 24 | #360 |
| 1888 | 15 | #505 |
| 1887 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 17 | #439 |
| 1884 | 18 | #433 |
| 1883 | 15 | #460 |
| 1882 | 18 | #426 |
| 1881 | 26 | #318 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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