Nolen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOH-len
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,363 for boys
Nolen is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Nuallan”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).
What does Nolen mean?
Irish: spelling of Nolan, from the surname Ó Nualláin
“descendant of Nuallan”
A spelling of Nolan, an Irish surname long associated with County Carlow.
Is Nolen a girl's or a boy's name?
Nolen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nolen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Nolen, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nolen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 187 boys in the UK were given Nolen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #284, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Nolan 180
- Nolen 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Nolen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
How popular is Nolen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,363rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Nolen, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 110 boys. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the boys named Nolen in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,947 boys in the US were given Nolen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #72, up from #2,363 for this spelling alone.
Nolen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,313 |
| 2023 | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,082 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,095 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 79 | #1,886 |
| 2018 | 82 | #1,837 |
| 2017 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 88 | #1,740 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2013 | 79 | #1,810 |
| 2012 | 93 | #1,656 |
| 2011 | 82 | #1,770 |
| 2010 | 98 | #1,599 |
| 2009 | 110 | #1,510 |
| 2008 | 84 | #1,775 |
| 2007 | 98 | #1,593 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,125 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,110 |
| 2004 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 45 | #2,245 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,819 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,598 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,425 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,202 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,515 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,204 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,194 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,503 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,225 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,188 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,403 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,437 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,265 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
Names like Nolen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Ronan, Rowan, Aiden, Kayden, Brayden, Brody, Caelan, Kian, Conan, Callan, Eden
Other spellings of Nolen
Names related to Nolen
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Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Lennon, Cillian, Kevin, Sloane
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, “Nolen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nolen, updated 20 October 2026.