Nolen
Nolen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 60 births. Its best rank was 925th, in 1892.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 600.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2009110 births
- Best rank
- #925in 1892
- Since 1892
- 3,389people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,389 boys have been named Nolen in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 110 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2010s alone account for 25%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Nolen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | |
| 1900s | 16 | |
| 1910s | 183 | |
| 1920s | 287 | |
| 1930s | 221 | |
| 1940s | 190 | |
| 1950s | 160 | |
| 1960s | 95 | |
| 1970s | 75 | |
| 1980s | 131 | |
| 1990s | 213 | |
| 2000s | 648 | |
| 2010s | 841 | |
| 2020s | 322 |
In 2009, its biggest year
Nolen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Nolen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Roccopeak 2009
- Linuspeak 2017
- Juelpeak 2006
- Arminpeak 2023
- Langdonpeak 2005
- Graydonpeak 2010
- Kemperpeak 2009
- Amielpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.