Nolan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nolan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nolan: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #290, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#290highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
1999	#2097
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2003	#2470
2004	#2070
2005	#1534
2006	#1469
2007	#1885
2008	#2097
2009	#1859
2010	#1551
2011	#1251
2012	#1152
2013	#771
2014	#825
2015	#577
2016	#554
2017	#587
2018	#535
2019	#535
2020	#559
2021	#421
2022	#439
2023	#366
2024	#323

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #290 among boys in Scotland, #323 among boys in England and Wales, #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Nolan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 1,066 births with the name.

Nolan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nolan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#323 (2024)	#323 (2024)	26 of 27	1,066 (1998–2024)	136 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#479 (2013)	#472 (2024)	#509 (2025)	8 of 13	36 (2013–2025)	7 (2024)

Nolan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nolan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	75	9 of 10	8
2010s	476	10 of 10	48
2020sbusiest	507	5 of 10	101

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 101 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 35, from 66 to 101.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nolan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #290 in Scotland in 2024.

Nolan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#323	136	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#366	112	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#439	92	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#421	101	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#559	66	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#535	71	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#535	72	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#587	64	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#554	69	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#577	64	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#825	37	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#771	41	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#290	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #290, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 136 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Nollaig · #258, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Shawn · #290, 29y
Arvin · #291, 30y
Katelin · #291, 22y
Kuba · #291, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brion · #290, 14y
Cairan · #290, 16y
Coral · #290, 30y
Shawn · #290, 29y

Nolan was ranked #290 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nolan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nolan without appearing here.

Nolan moved ahead of

Harald Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1469 and #4052.
Willow Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1534 and #3849.
Sander Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2587 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1469 and #3385.
Anders Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #1749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1551 and #3332.

Moved ahead of Nolan

Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1949.
Roman Compare
In 2014 they stood at #479 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #699 and #329.
Lachlan Compare
In 2014 they stood at #479 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #699 and #355.
Hudson Compare
In 2014 they stood at #479 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #699 and #421.

Moved the opposite way to Nolan

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nolan went from #2901 to #323 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nolan went from #2901 to #323 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nolan went from #2901 to #323 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nolan went from #2901 to #323 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Nolan

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nolan went from #2901 to #323 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nolan went from #2901 to #323 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nolan went from #2901 to #323 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nolan went from #2901 to #323 and Archie from #120 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #290 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nolan

Nolan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nolan across 2 official records

Nolan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nolan appears in

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Nolan across 2 official records

Nolan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nolan

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