Nolen is an uncommon variant of Nolan that peaked in 2009 and has grown less common since.
Nolen is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,381 for boy births in the United States (and #5,128 across all names), given to 58 babies. Nolen was first reported in SSA data in 1892 and peaked in 2009 (110 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,381 |
| 2024 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,334 |
| 2023 | 57 | 57 | #16,961 | #2,570 |
| 2022 | 72 | 72 | — | #2,091 |
| 2021 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,103 |
| 2020 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,060 |
| 2019 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,895 |
| 2018 | 82 | 82 | — | #1,850 |
| 2017 | 72 | 72 | — | #1,995 |
| 2016 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,718 |
| 2015 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,749 |
| 2014 | 82 | 82 | #18,509 | #1,899 |
| 2013 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,823 |
| 2012 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,663 |
| 2011 | 82 | 82 | — | #1,775 |
| 2010 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,608 |
| 2009 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,516 |
| 2008 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,786 |
| 2007 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,604 |
| 2006 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,141 |
| 2005 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,122 |
| 2004 | 64 | 64 | — | #1,924 |
| 2003 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,383 |
| 2002 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,185 |
| 2001 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,268 |
| 2000 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,721 |
| 1999 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,000 |
| 1998 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 24 | — | — | #3,130 |
| 1996 | 19 | — | — | #3,638 |
| 1995 | 15 | — | — | #4,213 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | — | #4,722 |
| 1993 | 21 | — | — | #3,217 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | — | #5,151 |
| 1991 | 23 | — | — | #2,889 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | — | #3,562 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | — | #3,959 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | — | #4,681 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,482 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | — | #3,385 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | — | #3,543 |
| 1984 | 15 | — | — | #3,058 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | — | #3,185 |
| 1982 | 14 | — | — | #3,239 |
| 1981 | 19 | — | — | #2,551 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | — | #4,824 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | — | #3,304 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | — | #4,446 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | — | #4,067 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | — | #5,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | — | #5,267 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | — | #2,972 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | — | #4,809 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | — | #3,578 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,576 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | — | #3,829 |
| 1968 | 16 | — | — | #2,084 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | — | #2,919 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | — | #3,451 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | — | #3,170 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | — | #2,995 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | — | #3,908 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | — | #2,164 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | — | #2,501 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,942 |
| 1959 | 20 | — | — | #1,846 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | — | #3,485 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | — | #2,774 |
| 1956 | 23 | — | — | #1,670 |
| 1955 | 21 | — | — | #1,714 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | — | #2,024 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | — | #2,664 |
| 1952 | 20 | — | — | #1,730 |
| 1951 | 17 | — | — | #1,886 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | — | #1,931 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | — | #1,859 |
| 1948 | 21 | — | — | #1,643 |
| 1947 | 22 | — | — | #1,634 |
| 1946 | 18 | — | — | #1,736 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | — | #1,832 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | — | #1,565 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | — | #1,809 |
| 1942 | 15 | — | — | #1,924 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | — | #1,514 |
| 1940 | 24 | — | — | #1,391 |
| 1939 | 22 | — | — | #1,449 |
| 1938 | 26 | — | — | #1,328 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | — | #1,730 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | — | #2,146 |
| 1935 | 19 | — | — | #1,638 |
| 1934 | 26 | — | — | #1,347 |
| 1933 | 30 | — | — | #1,221 |
| 1932 | 26 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1931 | 15 | — | — | #1,979 |
| 1930 | 28 | — | — | #1,388 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | — | #1,370 |
| 1928 | 19 | — | — | #1,806 |
| 1927 | 22 | — | — | #1,683 |
| 1926 | 24 | — | — | #1,552 |
| 1925 | 30 | — | — | #1,352 |
| 1924 | 36 | — | — | #1,217 |
| 1923 | 36 | — | — | #1,207 |
| 1922 | 25 | — | — | #1,536 |
| 1921 | 32 | — | — | #1,315 |
| 1920 | 35 | — | — | #1,229 |
| 1919 | 35 | — | — | #1,203 |
| 1918 | 26 | — | — | #1,435 |
| 1917 | 24 | — | — | #1,471 |
| 1916 | 28 | — | — | #1,293 |
| 1915 | 27 | — | — | #1,295 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | — | #1,662 |
| 1913 | 15 | — | — | #1,422 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | — | #2,471 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | — | #1,494 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,626 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | — | #1,294 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | — | #1,444 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | — | #925 |