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Baby name
Noel
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23% girls / 77% boys
Origin of the name
Noel comes from the Latin natalis, “birthday,” and was given after the Christian feast of Christmas. It has been in use since the Middle Ages.
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Where babies named Noel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Noel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Noel is most common in Texas (2 times), California (1.8) and New York (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Noel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Noel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Noel is most common in New Jersey (1.9 times), California (1.9) and Maryland (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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- Joel 2,595
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 0% | 100% |
| 1900s | 2% | 98% |
| 1910s | 7% | 93% |
| 1920s | 8% | 92% |
| 1930s | 12% | 88% |
| 1940s | 21% | 79% |
| 1950s | 20% | 80% |
| 1960s | 22% | 78% |
| 1970s | 26% | 74% |
| 1980s | 34% | 66% |
| 1990s | 31% | 69% |
| 2000s | 24% | 76% |
| 2010s | 20% | 80% |
| 2020s | 19% | 81% |