Dolan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dolan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,701 babies named Dolan between 1914 and 2023, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dolan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dolan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 270 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dolan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Dolan in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dolan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,701 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.