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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010boysat 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 2010

girls
#9,231
12 births · 1 in 148,133 girls
boys
#104
3,689 births · 1 in 520 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #9,231Nolan12

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #104Nolan3,689
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 148,133 of them was named Nolan, which outranked 53.5% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nolan
  1. #8,701Zuriel13
  2. #8,701Zyair13
  3. #8,701Zyann13
  4. #9,231Nolan12
  5. #9,231Aamani12
  6. #9,231Aasiya12
  7. #9,231Abeer12
  8. #9,790Aasha11
  9. #9,790Abbigal11
  10. #9,790Abri11

Tied with 558 names at #9,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 520 of them was named Nolan, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nolan
  1. #101Brian3,766
  2. #102Sean3,743
  3. #103Alejandro3,712
  4. #104Nolan3,689
  5. #105Riley3,649
  6. #106Kaden3,598
  7. #107Kyle3,581
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,631Bentlee#3,476#845
  2. 1,735Jencarlos#2,663#928
  3. 1,536Bently#2,203#667
  4. 940Callen#1,638#698
  5. 892Bode#1,665#773
Fallers
  1. 314Dereon#953#1,267
  2. 290Aaden#271#561
  3. 248Landin#935#1,183
  4. 229Rigoberto#920#1,149
  5. 191Dillan#793#984

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

See the top 100 for 2010