Boys' name · since 1912
Nolon
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.
- #14,387 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 159
- born since 1912
- 1930s
- peak decade
159 boys have been named Nolon since 1912, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nolon has 159 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2022.
- #14,387 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 159 born since 1912
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nolon ranks #14,387 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 159 born since 1912, peaking in the 1930s.
- #14,387 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 159
- born since 1912
- 1930s
- peak decade
Nolon's 159 recorded births place it above 68.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nolon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nolon splits its recorded history at 1940: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1912 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1944 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nolon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2022
- Peak year (1944)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Nolon by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (42 births, 26% of the file).
1930s was Nolon's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Nolon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
25 births
- 1920s 15
1920s
15 births
- 1930s
1930s
42 births
- 1940s
1940s
33 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 42 births (26% of all-time use).
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What to do with Nolon's data
- Nolon's decade-level peak was the 1930s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nolon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1944)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1912–2022 (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 Nolon 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.