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Nolen

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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
Babies named Nolen, by year of birthboys
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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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Nolen
1890s7
1900s16
1910s183
1920s287
1930s221
1940s190
1950s160
1960s95
1970s75
1980s131
1990s213
2000s648
2010s841
2020s322

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.

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.