Meaning not yet researched.
Nolan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,846 in 2025. Its best rank was #57 in 2023.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #57 in 2023; #65 in 2025. About 99.6% of babies named Nolan in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#65 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2023, at #57.
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Nolan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,846 boys in 2025. Peak: #57 in 2023 · most boys in one year: 5,739 (2015).
In 2025, 4,846 US boys were named Nolan, making it the 65th most common boys’ name of the year, down 1 place from #64 in 2024. That is 54 fewer than the 4,900 boys named Nolan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #57, reached in 2023. The most boys given the name in a single year was 5,739, in 2015. For comparison, it was #71 in 2015 and #450 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Nolan in 139 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 136,061 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 50,253 babies named Nolan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 52,423 US boys were named Nolan; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,634. In 2025 that was about 1 in 352 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Nolan ranked highest in Rhode Island in 2025, at #24 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 42 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Nolen (3,458 babies since 1880) and Nolyn (979 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Noland, Nolin and Nolon are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Noland (1,778), Nolin (507), Nolon (159), Nohlan (139), Nolynn (120), Nollan (99), Nolene (58), Noelan (34), Noalen (6), Noleen (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Nolan in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 25 | #24 | #73 |
| South Dakota | 27 | #25 | #50 |
| Maine | 31 | #25 | #32 |
| Mississippi | 55 | #30 | #106 |
| Alaska | 18 | #31 | #51 |
| New Hampshire | 31 | #37 | #44 |
| Minnesota | 110 | #40 | #27 |
| Missouri | 129 | #41 | #58 |
| Pennsylvania | 251 | #41 | #46 |
| North Dakota | 21 | #42 | #38 |
| Colorado | 116 | #45 | #45 |
| Ohio | 220 | #45 | #54 |
| Delaware | 18 | #45 | #60 |
| Georgia | 189 | #47 | #75 |
| Massachusetts | 120 | #48 | #54 |
| Wisconsin | 98 | #48 | #28 |
| South Carolina | 84 | #48 | #67 |
| Arkansas | 53 | #51 | #167 |
| Wyoming | 9 | #52 | #91 |
| Alabama | 77 | #53 | #95 |
| District of Columbia | 15 | #53 | #179 |
| Montana | 19 | #54 | #77 |
| Oklahoma | 67 | #55 | #77 |
| Tennessee | 132 | #56 | #69 |
| North Carolina | 187 | #56 | #50 |
| Illinois | 172 | #60 | #49 |
| Connecticut | 57 | #61 | #75 |
| Virginia | 130 | #62 | #65 |
| Michigan | 136 | #63 | #47 |
| Iowa | 49 | #63 | #31 |
| West Virginia | 27 | #68 | #73 |
| Kentucky | 68 | #68 | #60 |
| Maryland | 76 | #68 | #74 |
| New York | 240 | #70 | #117 |
| Indiana | 100 | #73 | #40 |
| New Jersey | 123 | #73 | #101 |
| Kansas | 47 | #73 | #69 |
| Florida | 256 | #78 | #88 |
| Utah | 59 | #83 | #102 |
| Washington | 88 | #87 | #57 |
| Texas | 439 | #89 | #110 |
| California | 424 | #94 | #97 |
| Oregon | 39 | #101 | #55 |
| Nebraska | 24 | #112 | #99 |
| Nevada | 28 | #113 | #86 |
| Arizona | 74 | #114 | #109 |
| Louisiana | 42 | #124 | #102 |
| New Mexico | 16 | #125 | #123 |
| Idaho | 18 | #159 | #80 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,272 | 4,846 | #65 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,741 | 4,900 | #64 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,259 | 5,129 | #57 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,995 | 4,928 | #65 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,152 | 5,354 | #60 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,727 | 5,200 | #61 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,055 | 5,403 | #65 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,743 | 5,629 | #65 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,897 | 5,400 | #67 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,750 | 5,634 | #67 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,915 | 5,739 | #71 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,383 | 5,210 | #81 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,457 | 4,745 | #86 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,564 | 4,427 | #89 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,699 | 4,169 | #92 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,652 | 3,689 | #104 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,195 | 3,437 | #122 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,381 | 3,151 | #131 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,419 | 3,171 | #133 |
| 2006 | 8 | #13,296 | 2,839 | #146 |
| 2005 | 7 | #14,117 | 2,719 | #149 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,436 | 2,489 | #162 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,231 | 2,217 | #175 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,901 | 2,232 | #172 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,108 | 2,093 | #180 |
| 2000 | — | — | 2,026 | #182 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,623 | #211 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,365 | #233 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,443 | 1,311 | #236 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,444 | 1,106 | #257 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,066 | #263 |
| 1994 | 5 | #15,071 | 1,112 | #260 |
| 1993 | — | — | 1,143 | #250 |
| 1992 | — | — | 1,165 | #246 |
| 1991 | 7 | #11,123 | 1,054 | #257 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,448 | 846 | #302 |
| 1989 | — | — | 617 | #365 |
| 1988 | 7 | #10,037 | 509 | #388 |
| 1987 | — | — | 480 | #396 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,262 | 480 | #384 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,797 | 478 | #379 |
| 1984 | — | — | 520 | #352 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,847 | 449 | #379 |
| 1982 | — | — | 423 | #397 |
| 1981 | — | — | 393 | #418 |
| 1980 | — | — | 329 | #465 |
| 1979 | — | — | 262 | #521 |
| 1978 | — | — | 257 | #509 |
| 1977 | — | — | 218 | #569 |
| 1976 | — | — | 202 | #572 |
| 1975 | — | — | 201 | #569 |
| 1974 | — | — | 167 | #622 |
| 1973 | — | — | 175 | #595 |
| 1972 | — | — | 145 | #667 |
| 1971 | — | — | 199 | #581 |
| 1970 | — | — | 180 | #606 |
| 1969 | — | — | 158 | #629 |
| 1968 | — | — | 146 | #627 |
| 1967 | — | — | 126 | #668 |
| 1966 | — | — | 161 | #593 |
| 1965 | — | — | 112 | #704 |
| 1964 | — | — | 164 | #612 |
| 1963 | — | — | 155 | #628 |
| 1962 | — | — | 141 | #653 |
| 1961 | — | — | 165 | #620 |
| 1960 | — | — | 166 | #608 |
| 1959 | — | — | 185 | #578 |
| 1958 | — | — | 182 | #576 |
| 1957 | — | — | 185 | #569 |
| 1956 | — | — | 198 | #532 |
| 1955 | — | — | 199 | #518 |
| 1954 | — | — | 203 | #511 |
| 1953 | — | — | 190 | #514 |
| 1952 | — | — | 214 | #477 |
| 1951 | — | — | 189 | #494 |
| 1950 | — | — | 215 | #450 |
| 1949 | — | — | 219 | #452 |
| 1948 | — | — | 217 | #451 |
| 1947 | — | — | 198 | #476 |
| 1946 | — | — | 192 | #459 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,059 | 174 | #450 |
| 1944 | — | — | 207 | #423 |
| 1943 | — | — | 207 | #436 |
| 1942 | — | — | 192 | #448 |
| 1941 | — | — | 176 | #441 |
| 1940 | — | — | 221 | #384 |
| 1939 | — | — | 205 | #398 |
| 1938 | — | — | 198 | #404 |
| 1937 | — | — | 183 | #419 |
| 1936 | — | — | 166 | #436 |
| 1935 | — | — | 188 | #399 |
| 1934 | — | — | 189 | #400 |
| 1933 | — | — | 167 | #425 |
| 1932 | — | — | 190 | #408 |
| 1931 | — | — | 156 | #450 |
| 1930 | — | — | 180 | #438 |
| 1929 | — | — | 142 | #492 |
| 1928 | — | — | 157 | #486 |
| 1927 | — | — | 174 | #464 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,415 | 168 | #464 |
| 1925 | — | — | 161 | #479 |
| 1924 | — | — | 164 | #484 |
| 1923 | — | — | 177 | #460 |
| 1922 | — | — | 183 | #457 |
| 1921 | — | — | 191 | #446 |
| 1920 | — | — | 157 | #486 |
| 1919 | — | — | 149 | #490 |
| 1918 | — | — | 132 | #528 |
| 1917 | — | — | 149 | #468 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,825 | 150 | #466 |
| 1915 | — | — | 118 | #514 |
| 1914 | — | — | 108 | #465 |
| 1913 | — | — | 90 | #458 |
| 1912 | — | — | 62 | #501 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,759 | 32 | #529 |
| 1910 | — | — | 31 | #509 |
| 1909 | — | — | 28 | #494 |
| 1908 | — | — | 16 | #675 |
| 1907 | — | — | 23 | #491 |
| 1906 | — | — | 20 | #514 |
| 1905 | — | — | 17 | #584 |
| 1904 | — | — | 18 | #531 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #765 |
| 1902 | — | — | 15 | #578 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #668 |
| 1900 | — | — | 16 | #642 |
| 1899 | — | — | 10 | #695 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,251 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #634 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #811 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #849 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #619 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #744 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #735 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,068 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #665 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,064 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #824 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #970 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).