Boy

Nolan

Nolan is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s.

IrishIrish "Ó Nualláin"

EtymologyMeaning "descendant of the champion" or "noble, famous"

Births by decade

1900s

174

1910s

1,033

1920s

1,679

1930s

1,820

1940s

2,009

1950s

1,960

1960s

1,495

1970s

2,008

1980s

4,712

1990s

11,819

2000s

26,459

2010s

39,096

Peaked in the 2010s · 94,264 total U.S. births since 1900