NameTides

Nolen

Nolen was the #2,363 boys' name in the US in 2025 (58 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales.

Nolen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nolen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Nolen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,363 (58)#2,952 (7)—
2024#2,313 (61)#2,444 (9)—
2023#2,541 (52)#4,108 (4)—
2022#2,083 (72)#3,049 (6)—
2021#2,096 (69)#2,493 (8)#2,491 (6)
2020#2,046 (69)#2,404 (8)#2,431 (6)
2019#1,886 (79)#3,411 (5)—
2018#1,838 (82)#3,959 (4)—
2017#1,977 (72)#3,449 (5)#2,010 (8)
2016#1,706 (91)#4,810 (3)—
2015#1,740 (88)——
2014#1,884 (77)—#1,936 (8)
2013#1,811 (79)——
2012#1,657 (93)—#2,158 (7)
2011#1,771 (82)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1892 at #861.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1892.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 29,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nolen is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 40,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nolen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nolen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NolenCanadaBoys—too few
NolenEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
NolenUSGirls—too few
NolenUSBoys#2,36358