Noland vs Nolyn
American parents have registered 1,778 Nolands since 1880, against 979 Nolyns. But in 2025 it was Nolyn that was commoner, 32 babies to 23.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Noland Nolyn
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 113 years in which either name was published, Noland for 91 years and Nolyn for 22 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Noland | Nolyn | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,778 | 979 |
| Most in one year | 37 | 67 |
| Babies in 2025 | 23 | 32 |
| Estimated living today | 1,300 | 970 |
| Median age today | 35 | 10 |
| Peak year | 2021 | 2019 |
| Best rank | 3,180th boys | 2,491st boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 4,396th | 5,045th |
| First recorded | 1912 | 1998 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,778 | 177 / 802 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Nolands alive today are over 35; half the Nolyns are over 10. That is 25 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Noland and Nolyn.