Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nolan

#256 most common boys' name of all time · #555 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#256
Rank overall
#555 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
139 of 146
All-time
136,061
Since 2016
52,711
Peak year
2015 #71
Best rank
#57 2023
Girls Boys peak 5,757/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Nolan first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 19 4,846 4,865 #65
2024 29 4,900 4,929 #64
2023 34 5,129 5,163 #57
2022 27 4,928 4,955 #65
2021 35 5,354 5,389 #60
2020 28 5,200 5,228 #61
2019 36 5,403 5,439 #65
2018 29 5,629 5,658 #65
2017 28 5,400 5,428 #67
2016 23 5,634 5,657 #67
2015 18 5,739 5,757 #71
2014 20 5,210 5,230 #81
2013 14 4,745 4,759 #86
2012 12 4,427 4,439 #89
2011 16 4,169 4,185 #92
2010 12 3,689 3,701 #104
2009 9 3,437 3,446 #122
2008 10 3,151 3,161 #131
2007 15 3,171 3,186 #133
2006 8 2,839 2,847 #146
2005 7 2,719 2,726 #149
2004 19 2,489 2,508 #161
2003 10 2,217 2,227 #175
2002 8 2,232 2,240 #172
2001 7 2,093 2,100 #180
2000 — 2,026 2,026 #182
1999 — 1,623 1,623 #211
1998 — 1,365 1,365 #233
1997 5 1,311 1,316 #236
1996 7 1,106 1,113 #257
1995 — 1,066 1,066 #263
1994 5 1,112 1,117 #260
1993 — 1,143 1,143 #251
1992 — 1,165 1,165 #246
1991 7 1,054 1,061 #257
1990 6 846 852 #302
1989 — 617 617 #365
1988 7 509 516 #388
1987 — 480 480 #395
1986 8 480 488 #384
1985 10 478 488 #379
1984 — 520 520 #352
1983 6 449 455 #379
1982 — 423 423 #397
1981 — 393 393 #418
1980 — 329 329 #465
1979 — 262 262 #521
1978 — 257 257 #508
1977 — 218 218 #567
1976 — 202 202 #572
1975 — 201 201 #569
1974 — 167 167 #622
1973 — 175 175 #596
1972 — 145 145 #667
1971 — 199 199 #581
1970 — 180 180 #607
1969 — 158 158 #628
1968 — 146 146 #626
1967 — 126 126 #668
1966 — 161 161 #592
1965 — 112 112 #702
1964 — 164 164 #612
1963 — 155 155 #629
1962 — 141 141 #651
1961 — 165 165 #620
1960 — 166 166 #608
1959 — 185 185 #578
1958 — 182 182 #575
1957 — 185 185 #569
1956 — 198 198 #532
1955 — 199 199 #517
1954 — 203 203 #510
1953 — 190 190 #510
1952 — 214 214 #476
1951 — 189 189 #494
1950 — 215 215 #449
1949 — 219 219 #451
1948 — 217 217 #451
1947 — 198 198 #476
1946 — 192 192 #458
1945 5 174 179 #451
1944 — 207 207 #422
1943 — 207 207 #436
1942 — 192 192 #448
1941 — 176 176 #442
1940 — 221 221 #384
1939 — 205 205 #399
1938 — 198 198 #404
1937 — 183 183 #420
1936 — 166 166 #436
1935 — 188 188 #398
1934 — 189 189 #400
1933 — 167 167 #425
1932 — 190 190 #408
1931 — 156 156 #451
1930 — 180 180 #438
1929 — 142 142 #493
1928 — 157 157 #486
1927 — 174 174 #464
1926 5 168 173 #464
1925 — 161 161 #479
1924 — 164 164 #484
1923 — 177 177 #460
1922 — 183 183 #457
1921 — 191 191 #447
1920 — 157 157 #486
1919 — 149 149 #490
1918 — 132 132 #529
1917 — 149 149 #468
1916 7 150 157 #466
1915 — 118 118 #514
1914 — 108 108 #465
1913 — 90 90 #459
1912 — 62 62 #501
1911 5 32 37 #532
1910 — 31 31 #511
1909 — 28 28 #494
1908 — 16 16 #679
1907 — 23 23 #493
1906 — 20 20 #518
1905 — 17 17 #591
1904 — 18 18 #533
1903 — 10 10 #767
1902 — 15 15 #575
1901 — 11 11 #675
1900 — 16 16 #644
1899 — 10 10 #705
1898 — 5 5 #1,193
1897 — 12 12 #648
1896 — 9 9 #811
1895 — 8 8 #845
1894 — 12 12 #626
1893 — 9 9 #751
1892 — 10 10 #739
1889 — 5 5 #1,051
1887 — 9 9 #674
1886 — 5 5 #1,040
1884 — 7 7 #826
1881 — 5 5 #979