Nolyn

Q: Where does Nolyn come from?

Nolyn is a name of Irish origin, variant of Nolan.

Gender: Mostly boys
Say it: NOH-lin
Origin: Irish
US rank, 2025: #5,044 for boys

Nolyn is a name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).

Where does Nolyn come from?

Irish: variant of Nolan

Is Nolyn a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Nolyn has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 19 boys in the US.

How popular is Nolyn in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,044th among boys
Babies in 2025: 19 about 1 in 90,000 boys
Five-year trend: Falling down 44% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Nolyn, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 53 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998. 13 girls were also named Nolyn in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Nolyn than any year since 2002.

Half of all the boys named Nolyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 4,947 boys in the US were given Nolyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #72, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.

Nolan 4,846
Nolen 58
Nolyn 19
Nolin 10
Knolan 9
Nohlan 5

Girls were 17% of the babies named Nolyn in the US in 2005, and 41% in 2025.

1998Busiest: 53 in 20192025

Nolyn in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	19	#5,044
2024	31	#3,603
2023	23	#4,452
2022	40	#3,051
2021	42	#2,917
2020	46	#2,688
2019	53	#2,490
2018	32	#3,442
2017	27	#3,885
2016	34	#3,292
2015	36	#3,148
2014	37	#3,036
2013	33	#3,263
2012	51	#2,447
2011	29	#3,604
2010	39	#2,957
2009	38	#3,044
2008	24	#4,142
2007	30	#3,509
2006	30	#3,449
2005	25	#3,706
2004	27	#3,452
2003	21	#3,971
2002	8	#7,636
2001	12	#5,660
2000	8	#7,409
1999	0	–
1998	7	#7,553