Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Noboru isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Noboru through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 484
- 484 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1945. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 194 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Noboru’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Noboru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of のぼる. In Japanese usage, Noboru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 昇. In Japanese usage, Noboru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 昴.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Noboru
- Noboru Takeshita74th Prime Minister of Japan (1924-2000)
- Noboru Teradaswimmer (1917–1986)
- Noboru KoharaJapanese association football playerborn 1983
- Noboru NakayamaJapanese association football playerborn 1987
- Noboru Nakamurafilm director (1913-1981)
- Noboru IguchiJapanese film director, screenwriter and actorborn 1969
- Noboru SugimuraJapanese television writer (1948-2005)
- Noboru IshiguroJapanese anime director (1938–2012)
- Noboru KarashimaJapanese historian (1933–2015)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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