Nolon — boys' name
159 babies named Nolon in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1944. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Nolon was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Nolon in 1944 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nolon
The Social Security Administration has registered 159 babies named Nolon between 1912 and 2022, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nolon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nolon performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Nolon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nolon 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 159 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.
Nolon at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nolon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1912
- Peak year (1944)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
159 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1944 with 12 births in a single year.
Nolon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 42 births that decade — 26% of Nolon's all-time total
Nolon decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Nolon's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% 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, 1912–2022 (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.