Knolan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOH-lun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Knolan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Nuallán”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Knolan mean?
Irish: respelling of Nolan, from Irish Ó Nualláin
“descendant of Nuallán”
A respelling of Nolan with a silent K, echoing names like Knox.
Is Knolan a girl's or a boy's name?
Knolan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Knolan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Knolan, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Knolan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,947 boys in the US were given Knolan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #72, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Knolan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
Names like Knolan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan Ronan Callan Kellan Keegan Finnegan Kayden Finn Kian Rogan Brayden Deegan
Other spellings of Knolan
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Aiden Ryan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Lennon Cillian Kevin
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Knolan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/knolan, updated 20 October 2026.