Nolen — #2334 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nolen

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,389 babies named Nolen between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nolen currently holds the #2334 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 110 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nolen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 841 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Nolen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 148 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Nolen in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nolen 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 3,389 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.