Nolah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOH-la
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Nolah is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “white shoulder”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Nolah mean?
Irish: spelling of Nola, a short form of Fionnuala
“white shoulder”
A spelling of Nola, itself a short form of the Irish name Fionnuala.
Is Nolah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nolah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nolah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nolah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nolah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
How popular is Nolah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Nolah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1903.
2025 had fewer girls named Nolah than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Nolah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 342 girls in the US were given Nolah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #778, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
- Nola 331
- Nolah 11
Nolah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
Names like Nolah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh, Orla, Aoife, Nova, Noa, Nusaybah, Clodagh, Ayra, Caoimhe, Maeve, Nevaeh, Rowan
Other spellings of Nolah
Names related to Nolah
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nolah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nolah, updated 20 October 2026.