How Many People Are Named Nolen?
people named Nolen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 133,405 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,458 babies named Nolen in Social Security records from 1892 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
110 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Nolen (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nolen alive today is about 23 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nolen first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 2009, to 110 babies. In 2025, 58 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nolen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #924, in 1892. In 2025 it ranked #2,381.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,381 |
| Best rank | #924 (1892) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,803 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nolen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nolen were born in California than in any other state: about 119 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nolen was given 7.3 times as often in Alabama, 4.3 times in Tennessee and 2 times in Michigan.
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