Tolan — boys' name
44 babies named Tolan in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Tolan was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Tolan in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tolan
The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Tolan between 1973 and 2015, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tolan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tolan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tolan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tolan 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 44 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.
Tolan at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tolan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1973
- Peak year (1992)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
44 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 7 births in a single year.
Tolan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 15 births that decade — 34% of Tolan's all-time total
Tolan decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Tolan's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1973–2015 (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.