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
2023 · 5,129 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 2007

girls
#8,098
15 births · 1 in 128,174 girls
boys
#133
3,171 births · 1 in 654 boys

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #8,098Nolan15

Top boys' names in 2007

  1. #1Jacob24,310
  2. #2Michael22,027
  3. #3Ethan21,041
  4. #4Joshua20,669
  5. #5Daniel20,268
  6. #6Christopher20,030
  7. #7Anthony19,639
  8. #8William18,898
  9. #9Matthew18,756
  10. #10Andrew18,461
  11. #133Nolan3,171
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 128,174 of them was named Nolan, which outranked 60.7% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nolan
  1. #7,733Zamia16
  2. #7,733Zynia16
  3. #7,733Zyniah16
  4. #8,098Nolan15
  5. #8,098Aaleah15
  6. #8,098Aamori15
  7. #8,098Abena15
  8. #8,520Aaminah14
  9. #8,520Aarohi14
  10. #8,520Abryana14

Tied with 421 names at #8,098; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. 16,568Jaslene#17,168#600
  2. 5,379Marely#6,125#746
  3. 2,556Audrina#3,264#708
  4. 2,506Jordin#3,090#584
  5. 1,358Azul#2,081#723
Fallers
  1. 4,216Bethzy#881#5,097
  2. 346Akeelah#708#1,054
  3. 326Tayla#926#1,252
  4. 312Betsy#747#1,059
  5. 295Shakira#780#1,075

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

boys

2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 654 of them was named Nolan, which outranked 99.1% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nolan
  1. #130Alan3,249
  2. #131Levi3,216
  3. #131Omar3,216
  4. #133Nolan3,171
  5. #134Giovanni3,115
  6. #135Kenneth3,108
  7. #136Trevor3,061
Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. 2,623Nery#3,524#901
  2. 813Dereon#1,738#925
  3. 572Kingston#926#354
  4. 411Kellan#1,294#883
  5. 410Kelan#1,387#977
Fallers
  1. 503Imanol#985#1,488
  2. 373Bode#856#1,229
  3. 344Jordy#680#1,024
  4. 265Koen#859#1,124
  5. 261Korey#985#1,246

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

See the top 100 for 2007