Given name & surname
Noble
“a wellborn man”
Noble is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a wellborn man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a wellborn man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Noble through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,261
- 9,775 boys · 486 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 204 babies
- 2025
- 149
- #1,337 for boys · #16,618 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 91% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 144 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,337 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 196 in 1920. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,287 as a first name in 2020; 40,384 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Noble’s family of names
In English usage, Noble as a surname has a nickname in NOBES. In English usage, Noble shares a linguistic root with the Arabic form نبيل. Noble has a related form in Nobel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Noble
- Noble JohnsonAfrican-American actor and film producer (1881–1978)
- Noble WillinghamAmerican actor (1931–2004)
- Noble SissleAfrican-American jazz musician (1889–1975)
- Noble OkelloCanadian soccer playerborn 2000
- Noble J. GregoryAmerican politician (1897–1971)
- Noble JorgensenAmerican basketball player (1925–1982)
- Noble Wimberly JonesAmerican physician and statesman1723–1805
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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