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Boy's name · #478 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
81% boys · 19% girls — Noel is also given to girls: 157 in 2025, about 19% in recent years. Noel →
Noel reached its best rank, #267, in 1938 and ranked #478 in 2025. About 52,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Noel is especially popular in Hungary.
#5 in Hungary (2025) · #12 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #32 in Sweden (2025) · #36 in Croatia (2025) · #45 in Slovenia (2025) · #65 in Austria (2025) · #66 in Switzerland (2025) · #131 in Netherlands (2025) · #139 in Norway (2025) · #208 in Poland (2025) · #423 in Ireland (2025) · #600 in England & Wales (2025) and 6 more.
Among 1,468 notable people named Noel:
Sports figures appear 1.42× more often than among typical names — e.g. Noel Valladares, Honduran footballer.
Similar names: Marcel · Noe · Bruce · Lionel · Norman · Darell
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