NameTides

Nolan

Nolan was the #65 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,846 babies), and #283 in England & Wales and #34 in Canada.

Nolan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nolan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandEngland & WalesIreland
Nolan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#65 (4,846)#283 (159)#198 (21)#509 (6)#34 (571)
2024#64 (4,900)#323 (136)#290 (13)#472 (7)#34 (587)
2023#57 (5,129)#366 (112)#214 (20)#584 (5)#38 (545)
2022#65 (4,928)#439 (92)#271 (14)—#30 (657)
2021#60 (5,354)#421 (101)#244 (18)—#36 (669)
2020#61 (5,200)#559 (66)#305 (12)—#32 (710)
2019#65 (5,403)#535 (71)#394 (8)#764 (3)#31 (726)
2018#65 (5,629)#535 (72)#288 (13)—#33 (727)
2017#67 (5,400)#587 (64)#406 (8)#710 (3)#32 (792)
2016#67 (5,634)#554 (69)#401 (8)#713 (3)#40 (729)
2015#71 (5,739)#577 (64)#337 (10)#699 (3)#41 (761)
2014#81 (5,210)#825 (37)#399 (8)—#40 (767)
2013#86 (4,745)#771 (41)#366 (9)#479 (6)#45 (684)
2012#89 (4,427)#1,152 (23)#669 (3)—#52 (618)
2011#92 (4,169)#1,251 (20)——#60 (572)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #65.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 350 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 350common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 940common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 280common

Next year

On its recent trend, Nolan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 360 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 340 to 1 in 380.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nolan by state, 2025Alaska: #27AKMaine: #23MEWisconsin: #48WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #34NHWashington: #84WAIdaho: #150IDMontana: #52MTNorth Dakota: #36NDMinnesota: #40MNIllinois: #59ILMichigan: #62MINew York: #69NYMassachusetts: #48MAOregon: #99ORNevada: #109NVWyoming: #47WYSouth Dakota: #22SDIowa: #63IAIndiana: #71INOhio: #45OHPennsylvania: #41PANew Jersey: #73NJConnecticut: #60CTRhode Island: #22RICalifornia: #94CAUtah: #80UTColorado: #44CONebraska: #103NEMissouri: #41MOKentucky: #67KYWest Virginia: #65WVVirginia: #61VAMaryland: #68MDDelaware: #42DEArizona: #112AZNew Mexico: #121NMKansas: #72KSArkansas: #50ARTennessee: #56TNNorth Carolina: #55NCSouth Carolina: #48SCDistrict of Columbia: #49DCOklahoma: #52OKLouisiana: #118LAMississippi: #28MSAlabama: #52ALGeorgia: #46GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #89TXFlorida: #78FL
Nolan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#30216
Ontario2024#45217

Nolan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NolanCanadaBoys#34571
NolanEngland & WalesBoys#283159
NolanIrelandBoys#5096
NolanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NolanScotlandBoys#19821
NolanUSGirls#6,11619
NolanUSBoys#654,846