Nolberto vs Nolen
American parents have registered 3,458 Nolens since 1880, against 615 Nolbertos. Nolen is still ahead, with 58 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Nolberto Nolen
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 119 years in which either name was published, Nolen for 109 years and Nolberto for 10 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1892–1973 Nolen ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1974–1977 Nolberto ahead
- 1981–2025 Nolen ahead, apart from one short spell
9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Nolberto | Nolen | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 615 | 3,458 |
| Most in one year | 20 | 110 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 58 |
| Estimated living today | 540 | 2,600 |
| Median age today | 33 | 16 |
| Peak year | 1992 | 2009 |
| Best rank | 3,220th boys | 1,511th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 2,363rd |
| First recorded | 1925 | 1892 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 615 | 10 / 3,448 |
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 Nolbertos alive today are over 33; half the Nolens are over 16. That is 17 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Nolberto and Nolen.