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Nolan
Pronounced /ˈnəʊlən/
Rank in 2024
#64
Born in 2024
4,888
Peak year
2015 · #71
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 4,888 boys were named Nolan, about 1 in every 351.
- It peaked in 2015 with 5,739 babies, ranked #71.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 130,624 boys have been named Nolan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Nolan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 1.4Gen Z1997–12
- 2.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,554 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Silent: 3,298 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,577 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,038 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,841 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen Z: 42,954 babies, 1.37 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 63,240 babies, 2.91 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicized from Irish Ó Nualláin (literally “descendant of Nuallán”), diminutive of nuall (“chariot-fighter, champion”).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈnəʊlən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Nolan, CC BY-SA 4.0.