Nolah — #6158 US girls' name
264 babies named Nolah in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Nolah was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Nolah in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nolah
The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Nolah between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nolah currently holds the #6158 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nolah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nolah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nolah 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 264 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.
Nolah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Nolah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1903
- Peak year (2020)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 122 years of records
Currently ranks #6158 among girls.
264 total births across 122 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 28 births in a single year.
Nolah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 124 births that decade — 47% of Nolah's all-time total
Nolah decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nolah's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1903–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.