Nobel Popularity by Year
Follow Nobel across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Nobel birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 13 | #6,446 | Up 1,319 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 10 | #7,765 | Up 3,056 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 6 | #10,821 | Up 42 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 6 | #10,863 | Down 4,831 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 14 | #6,032 | Up 1,002 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 11 | #7,034 | Down 257 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 12 | #6,777 | Down 432 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 13 | #6,345 | Down 7 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 13 | #6,338 | Up 1,267 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 10 | #7,605 | Down 539 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 11 | #7,066 | Up 1,064 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 9 | #8,130 | Down 1,104 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 11 | #7,026 | Down 400 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 12 | #6,626 | Up 1,453 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 9 | #8,079 | Down 387 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 10 | #7,692 | Up 4,861 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 498 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 583 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 116 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 5 | #11,356 | Down 3,525 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 8 | #7,831 | Up 1,561 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 6 | #9,392 | Up 957 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 5 | #10,349 | Down 1,084 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 5 | #9,265 | Down 250 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | Down 2,047 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 7 | #6,968 | Up 1,732 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 5 | #8,700 | Down 1,430 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 5 | #7,270 | Down 4,018 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 6 | #3,252 | Up 707 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 5 | #3,959 | Up 363 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 5 | #4,322 | Down 507 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 6 | #3,815 | Down 1,430 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 12 | #2,385 | Up 1,343 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 6 | #3,728 | — |