Noelle

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Noelle: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Noelle: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #105 in 1981, and it stood at #135 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
87times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#105highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Noelle's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2002	#4137
2003	#3099
2005	#3382
2006	#2781
2007	#2895
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#3185
2012	#2969
2013	#1400
2014	#1456
2015	#1452
2016	#1112
2017	#1063
2018	#1234
2019	#1153
2020	#1044
2021	#936
2022	#876
2023	#632
2024	#736

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 57 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2025: #135 among girls in Norway, #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #140 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #105 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #135 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Noelle appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 57 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,561 births with the name.

Noelle across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Noelle's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#140 (1964)	#105 (1981)	#608 (2025)	57 of 62	1,561 (1964–2025)	74 (1981)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#351 (1998)	#391 (2023)	2 of 26	6 (1998–2023)	3 (1998)
England and Wales · Girls	#3912 (2000)	#632 (2023)	#736 (2024)	24 of 25	469 (2000–2024)	58 (2023)
Norway · Girls	#117 (2022)	#117 (2022)	#135 (2025)	4 of 4	165 (2022–2025)	46 (2022)

Noelle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Noelle in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	197	6 of 10	33
1970sbusiest	529	10 of 10	53
1980s	527	10 of 10	53
1990s	182	10 of 10	18
2000s	71	10 of 10	7
2010s	40	7 of 10	6
2020s	15	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 53 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Noelle appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #105 in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Noelle's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#736	51	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#632	58	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#876	40	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#936	37	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1044	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1153	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1063	33	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1112	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1456	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1400	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#135	41	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#121	43	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#146	35	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#117	46	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	20	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	13	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	22	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	35	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	31	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	41	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	44	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	49	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	44	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	41	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	61	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	50	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	64	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	74	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	59	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	59	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	51	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	68	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	52	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	53	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	49	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	62	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	47	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	47	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	41	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	38	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	44	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	27	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	29	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	28	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	31	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #105, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 74 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 58 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hubert · #108, 60y
Conal · #109, 62y
Fabian · #110, 58y
Mariam · #93, 65y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Padraic · #105, 58y
Aideen · #106, 62y
Clive · #106, 62y
Elina · #106, 53y

Noelle was ranked #105 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1981. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Noelle and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Noelle without appearing here.

Noelle moved ahead of

Cecilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3185 and #2636 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1400 and #5742.
Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1400 and #5742.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1400 and #4739.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1400 and #4739.

Moved ahead of Noelle

Riley Compare
In 2013 they stood at #660 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #752 and #264.
Ashley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #581 and #660 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #871 and #395.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #444 and #555 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #612 and #240.
Stacey Compare
In 2018 they stood at #581 and #751 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #871 and #551.

Moved the opposite way to Noelle

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noelle went from #140 to #608 while Ada went from #372 to #45.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noelle went from #140 to #608 while Amelia went from #300 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noelle went from #140 to #608 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noelle went from #140 to #608 while Aoife went from #206 to #34.

Moved the same way as Noelle

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noelle went from #140 to #608 and Alison from #146 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noelle went from #140 to #608 and Amanda from #118 to #608.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noelle went from #140 to #608 and Angela from #24 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noelle went from #140 to #608 and Ann from #4 to #443.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #105 in Republic of Ireland in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Noelle

Noelle at a glance

What stands out in Noelle's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Noelle across 4 official records

Noelle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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What stands out in Noelle's record

Noelle across 4 official records

Noelle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Noelle

Noelle and the names beside it

Noelle moved ahead of

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