Nolen
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- #2,363 for boys in 2025, 58 births
- Given to boys 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,448since 1892
Nolen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nolen has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,363 | 58 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,313 | 61 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #2,541 | 52 |
| 2022 | — | #2,083 | 72 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,096 | 69 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,046 | 69 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,886 | 79 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,838 | 82 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,977 | 72 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,706 | 91 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,740 | 88 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,884 | 77 |
| 2013 | — | #1,811 | 79 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,657 | 93 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,771 | 82 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,599 | 98 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,511 | 110 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,775 | 84 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,593 | 98 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,126 | 61 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,114 | 58 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,911 | 64 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,349 | 45 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,155 | 49 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,249 | 45 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,674 | 34 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,064 | 24 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,828 | 23 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,496 | 19 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,117 | 15 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,806 | 20 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,642 | 23 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,682 | 21 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,956 | 16 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,701 | 20 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,838 | 17 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,879 | 16 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,820 | 17 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,599 | 22 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,867 | 15 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,425 | 22 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,310 | 26 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,323 | 26 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,202 | 30 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,356 | 26 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,368 | 28 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,332 | 30 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,204 | 36 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,503 | 25 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,296 | 32 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,225 | 35 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,188 | 35 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,265 | 28 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,265 | 27 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1892
The first year at least five boys were named Nolen! It came in at #861, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nolen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- North Carolina#1,277 · 1 in 10,294
- Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175
Best ever in a state: #335 in Arkansas, 1925.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
| Texas | #2,285 | 6 | 1 in 29,175 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nolen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 317 spots since 2020 (#2,046 → #2,363)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1892 at #861 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,434
- Highest: 1 in 17,434 boys born in 1892 were named Nolen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 24.4% of all boys named Nolen (841) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #861 (1892) | #861 |
| 1900s | 16 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,317 |
| 1910s | 183 | #1,188 (1919) | #1,465 |
| 1920s | 287 | #1,194 (1923) | #1,402 |
| 1930s | 221 | #1,202 (1933) | #1,525 |
| 1940s | 190 | #1,368 (1940) | #1,650 |
| 1950s | 160 | #1,642 (1956) | #2,094 |
| 1960s | 95 | #2,030 (1968) | #2,931 |
| 1970s | 75 | #2,857 (1973) | #3,977 |
| 1980s | 131 | #2,496 (1981) | #3,529 |
| 1990s | 213 | #2,157 (1998) | #3,461 |
| 2000s | 648 | #1,511 (2009) | #2,046 |
| 2010s | 841 | #1,599 (2010) | #1,787 |
| 2020s | 381 | #2,046 (2020) | #2,240 |
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.
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