Nolan

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · #65 for boys in 2025, 4,846 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#57
2023 · 5,129 births
Debut · boys
1881
5 births
In top 100 · boys
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
135,505
since 1881

Nolan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619#654,846
2024#4,66929#644,900
2023#4,19134#575,129
2022#4,90727#654,928
2021#4,09035#605,354
2020#4,64828#615,200
2019#4,00636#655,403
2018#4,66229#655,629
2017#4,81128#675,400
2016#5,62223#675,634
2015#6,72118#715,739
2014#6,20720#815,210
2013#8,13514#864,745
2012#9,10912#894,427
2011#7,43616#924,169
2010#9,23112#1043,689
2009#11,4599#1223,437
2008#10,80710#1313,151
2007#8,09815#1333,171
2006#12,4208#1462,839
2005#13,0107#1492,719
2004#6,21619#1612,489
2003#9,67110#1752,217
2002#11,1088#1722,232
2001#12,0567#1802,093
2000—#1822,026
1999—#2111,623
1998—#2331,365
1997#13,7245#2351,311
1996#10,5677#2571,106
1995—#2631,066
1994#13,4305#2601,112
1993—#2501,143
1992—#2461,165
1991#10,2717#2571,054
1990#11,4096#302846
1989—#365617
1988#9,2447#388509
1987—#395480
1986#7,7498#384480
1985#6,45710#379478
1984—#352520
1983#9,0156#379449
1982—#397423
1981—#418393
1980—#465329
1979—#521262
1978—#508257
1977—#566218
1976—#571202
1975—#569201
1974—#622167
1973—#593175
1972—#666145
1971—#579199
1970—#606180
1969—#628158
1968—#626146
1967—#666126
1966—#591161
1965—#702112
1964—#611164
1963—#627155
1962—#651141
1961—#619165
1960—#608166
1959—#575185
1958—#574182
1957—#568185
1956—#530198
1955—#517199
1954—#509203
1953—#510190
1952—#474214
1951—#493189
1950—#449215
1949—#450219
1948—#451217
1947—#476198
1946—#458192
1945#4,5565#450174
1944—#422207
1943—#435207
1942—#446192
1941—#439176
1940—#383221
1939—#398205
1938—#403198
1937—#419183
1936—#433166
1935—#397188
1934—#400189
1933—#425167
1932—#408190
1931—#449156
1930—#438180
1929—#491142
1928—#485157
1927—#464174
1926#4,8515#463168
1925—#479161
1924—#483164
1923—#460177
1922—#457183
1921—#446191
1920—#485157
1919—#490149
1918—#527132
1917—#466149
1916#3,5527#464150
1915—#513118
1914—#465108
1913—#45690
1912—#50162
1911#2,4635#52532
1910—#50131
1909—#48728
1908—#65716
1907—#48623
1906—#50320
1905—#57417
1904—#51518
1903—#73410
1902—#55615
1901—#63711
1900—#62316
1899—#66110
1898—#1,1215
1897—#61512
1896—#7789
1895—#7958
1894—#59412
1893—#7059
1892—#68810
1891——
1890——
1889—#9745
1888——
1887—#6319
1886—#9595
1885——
1884—#7647
1883——
1882——
1881—#8665
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Nolan! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Nolan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#64 → #65)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#61 → #65)
  • 6 spots since 2015 (#71 → #65)
  • Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1899 (#1,121 → #661)
  • Biggest drop: 506 spots in 1898 (#615 → #1,121)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2023 at #57 (5,129 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
  • Top 1,000: 138 yrs · run 1899–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 323
  • Highest: 1 in 323 boys born in 2018 were named Nolan (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 352 boys born in 2025 (0.28%)
  • Its best rank, #57 in 2023, was only 1 in 334 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.9% of all boys named Nolan (50,045) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s31#631 (1887)#839
1890s75#594 (1894)#745
1900s174#486 (1907)#577
1910s1,021#456 (1913)#491
1920s1,674#446 (1921)#471
1930s1,822#397 (1935)#417
1940s2,003#383 (1940)#441
1950s1,960#449 (1950)#520
1960s1,494#591 (1966)#633
1970s2,006#508 (1978)#580
1980s4,678#352 (1984)#392
1990s11,791#211 (1999)#251
2000s26,374#122 (2009)#155
2010s50,045#65 (2018)#79
2020s30,357#57 (2023)#62

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Nolan in 2006

girls
#12,420
8 births · 1 in 237,651 girls
boys
#146
2,839 births · 1 in 724 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #12,420Nolan8

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #146Nolan2,839
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 237,651 of them was named Nolan, which outranked 38.1% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nolan
  1. #11,417Zoa9
  2. #11,417Zorianna9
  3. #11,417Zyia9
  4. #12,420Nolan8
  5. #12,420Aajah8
  6. #12,420Aajaylah8
  7. #12,420Aaleah8
  8. #13,606Aalaya7
  9. #13,606Aamirah7
  10. #13,606Aamna7

Tied with 1,185 names at #12,420; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 724 of them was named Nolan, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nolan
  1. #143Braden2,857
  2. #144Conner2,851
  3. #145Micah2,841
  4. #146Nolan2,839
  5. #147Giovanni2,830
  6. #148Brody2,819
  7. #149Maxwell2,792
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2006 →