Boys' name · peaked in 2005
Noe name popularity since 1925
23,788 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Noe (1.8% girls, 98.2% boys). Half of them were born in 2000 or earlier, so the typical Noe is about 26 years old in 2026. Noe peaked in 2005 as the #431 name for boys, and it ranked #755 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,788
- Named Noe, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #755
- for boys in 2025 (341 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.2% boys
- 436 girls · 23,352 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 5.10× its national share
Peak year is the year Noe made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Noe births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2007. Measured as a share of all babies, Noe peaked in 2005.
- Fastest rise: Between 1970 and 1975, Noe became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 15,700 baby boys to 1 in 8,530.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Noe's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Noe.
Decade by decade
Babies named Noe in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 127 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 314 | #1,015 |
| 1940s | 0 | 477 | #925 |
| 1950s | 0 | 912 | #743 |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,202 | #655 |
| 1970s | 15 | 1,748 | #598 |
| 1980s | 34 | 2,740 | #541 |
| 1990s | 44 | 4,144 | #517 |
| 2000s | 120 | 5,534 | #431 |
| 2010s | 130 | 4,162 | #631 |
| 2020–25 | 93 | 1,992 | #755 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
35.3% of babies named Noe from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Noe is most popular
The index compares Noe's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Noe.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5.10× | 8,500 |
| California | 3.07× | 6,898 |
| Arizona | 2.24× | 616 |
| Washington | 1.16× | 412 |
| Illinois | 1.01× | 1,043 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Noe's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Noe.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Noe (2005).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data