Girls' name · since 1903
Nolah
275 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.
- #16,674 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,892 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 275
- born since 1903
- 2010s
- peak decade
275 babies have been named Nolah since 1903, making it today's #8892 girls' name.
Nolah has 275 recorded births among girls since 1903, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8892 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1903 to 2025.
- #16,674 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,892 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 275 born since 1903
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nolah ranks #16,674 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,892 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 275 born since 1903, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,674 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,892 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 275
- born since 1903
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nolah's 275 recorded births place it above 76.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nolah compares
275 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nolah's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nolah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 275 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nolah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nolah's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1903, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nolah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1903–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 123 years of records
Nolah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (124 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Nolah's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Nolah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 10
1900s
10 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
124 births
- 2020s
2020s
117 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 124 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Nolah's data
- Nolah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (124 total births) through the 2020s (117) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nolah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~122 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1903–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nolah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.