Fun Facts About the Name Nohlan
- 139 babies named Nohlan: U.S. records list 139 babies given the name Nohlan from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Nohlan Mean?
Nohlan is an English spelling of the Irish name Nolan. Nolan comes from the Gaelic surname Ó Nualláin, which means "descendant of Nuallán." Nuallán is a personal name formed as a diminutive of the Old Irish word nuall, "a shout, a cry, a call." Because a shout could be a warrior's battle cry or a public proclamation, the name is customarily explained as "famous" or "champion"; those are interpretations of the sense of nuall rather than a literal translation of "shout." The added h in Nohlan belongs to English spelling only and does not reflect the Irish form of the name.
Nohlan Name History & Origins
Nolan started as a surname in Ireland. The Ó Nualláin family was a Gaelic lineage in Leinster, associated above all with County Carlow and the surrounding area; a second family of the same surname belonged to County Fermanagh, near Lough Erne. Under English rule in Ireland the Ó was dropped, and the name was written in English as Nolan. Variant spellings such as Nowlan and Nowland also appear in Irish records and among Irish emigrants, showing that the name's English form was not fixed early on. Nohlan follows that same pattern of respelling the surname.
From the nineteenth century onward, surnames became a common source of given names in English-speaking countries, and Nolan came into use as a first name, especially in the United States. It remained far more common as a surname than as a given name until the twentieth century, when it became established as a boys' name in its own right.
How Popular is the Name Nohlan?
Nohlan has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #6,216 in 2014.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,347 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #8,747 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #9,498 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #8,785 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #9,440 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #8,531 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #9,496 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #8,629 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #9,445 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #8,623 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #9,330 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #6,216 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #8,579 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #10,462 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #11,787 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #12,052 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #10,576 | 7 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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