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.

Nolen

#2,229 most common boys' name of all time · #5,367 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1892–2025

Rank among boys
#2,229
Rank overall
#5,367 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
3,458
Since 2016
710
Peak year
2009 #1,511
Best rank
#954 1892
Girls Boys peak 110/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Nolen first appears in 1892. 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 — 58 58 #2,368
2024 — 61 61 #2,316
2023 5 52 57 #2,546
2022 — 72 72 #2,087
2021 — 69 69 #2,097
2020 — 69 69 #2,049
2019 — 79 79 #1,889
2018 — 82 82 #1,843
2017 — 72 72 #1,985
2016 — 91 91 #1,709
2015 — 88 88 #1,744
2014 5 77 82 #1,889
2013 — 79 79 #1,814
2012 — 93 93 #1,659
2011 — 82 82 #1,772
2010 — 98 98 #1,600
2009 — 110 110 #1,511
2008 — 84 84 #1,778
2007 — 98 98 #1,594
2006 — 61 61 #2,126
2005 — 58 58 #2,116
2004 — 64 64 #1,918
2003 — 45 45 #2,351
2002 — 49 49 #2,161
2001 — 45 45 #2,250
2000 — 34 34 #2,681
1999 — 28 28 #2,954
1998 — 42 42 #2,167
1997 — 24 24 #3,076
1996 — 19 19 #3,562
1995 — 15 15 #4,075
1994 — 13 13 #4,563
1993 — 21 21 #3,154
1992 — 11 11 #4,906
1991 — 23 23 #2,835
1990 — 17 17 #3,486
1989 — 14 14 #3,836
1988 — 10 10 #4,485
1987 — 10 10 #4,276
1986 — 14 14 #3,291
1985 — 13 13 #3,433
1984 — 15 15 #2,982
1983 — 14 14 #3,098
1982 — 14 14 #3,145
1981 — 19 19 #2,509
1980 — 8 8 #4,541
1979 — 13 13 #3,203
1978 — 8 8 #4,213
1977 — 9 9 #3,882
1976 — 6 6 #5,016
1975 — 6 6 #4,868
1973 — 12 12 #2,891
1972 — 6 6 #4,509
1971 — 9 9 #3,419
1970 — 6 6 #4,303
1969 — 7 7 #3,654
1968 — 16 16 #2,052
1967 — 9 9 #2,809
1966 — 7 7 #3,306
1965 — 8 8 #3,046
1964 — 9 9 #2,908
1963 — 6 6 #3,735
1962 — 15 15 #2,139
1961 — 12 12 #2,457
1960 — 6 6 #3,733
1959 — 20 20 #1,832
1958 — 7 7 #3,342
1957 — 10 10 #2,678
1956 — 23 23 #1,652
1955 — 21 21 #1,702
1954 — 16 16 #1,983
1953 — 10 10 #2,581
1952 — 20 20 #1,724
1951 — 17 17 #1,867
1950 — 16 16 #1,903
1949 — 17 17 #1,843
1948 — 21 21 #1,628
1947 — 22 22 #1,620
1946 — 18 18 #1,729
1945 — 15 15 #1,806
1944 — 20 20 #1,548
1943 — 17 17 #1,797
1942 — 15 15 #1,897
1941 — 21 21 #1,504
1940 — 24 24 #1,384
1939 — 22 22 #1,443
1938 — 26 26 #1,324
1937 — 17 17 #1,722
1936 — 12 12 #2,116
1935 — 19 19 #1,618
1934 — 26 26 #1,340
1933 — 30 30 #1,221
1932 — 26 26 #1,373
1931 — 15 15 #1,946
1930 — 28 28 #1,388
1929 — 28 28 #1,355
1928 — 19 19 #1,786
1927 — 22 22 #1,661
1926 — 24 24 #1,548
1925 — 30 30 #1,350
1924 — 36 36 #1,216
1923 — 36 36 #1,208
1922 — 25 25 #1,524
1921 — 32 32 #1,316
1920 — 35 35 #1,232
1919 — 35 35 #1,199
1918 — 26 26 #1,421
1917 — 24 24 #1,464
1916 — 28 28 #1,284
1915 — 27 27 #1,290
1914 — 15 15 #1,647
1913 — 15 15 #1,412
1912 — 6 6 #2,361
1911 — 7 7 #1,491
1909 — 5 5 #1,587
1907 — 6 6 #1,304
1900 — 5 5 #1,448
1892 — 7 7 #954