How popular is the name Noelle?

Noelle ranks 493rd among girls' names in US records, with 58,051 births since 1909. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,650.

Is Noelle a unisex name?

No. Noelle is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2021, when 1,655 children were given the name. It has been in use for 116 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Noel. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#493 of girl names

Pronounced N OW0 EH1 L (ARPABET)

Noelle is a girls' name, and first appears in 1909. It has been given to 58,051 children — the 493rd most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 50% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 1,655 children were given it.

Noel is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

20211,655

These spellings sound identical to Noelle and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Noelle?: Noelle ranks 493rd among girls' names in US records, with 58,051 births since 1909. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,650.
Is Noelle a unisex name?: No. Noelle is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Noelle most popular?: 2021, when 1,655 children were given the name. It has been in use for 116 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Noelle spelled?: Noel. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.