girls:
155 births since 2005
#5561 (3rd percentile)
boys:
752 births since 1998
#3835 (16th percentile)
overall:
907 births since 1998
#6832 (12th percentile)
The name Nolyn is the #6,832 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 907 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 11.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,835 (16.3% percentile) for all time with 752 births since 1998. For girls, it ranks #5,561 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 155 births since 2005.
Nolyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (1998 for boys and 2005 for girls). Birth data for Nolyn is available in 25 out of the 26 years between 1998 and 2023 (25 years for boys and 17 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Nolyn has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 67.6% of babies named Nolyn were boys.
For boys, Nolyn reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #869) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nolyn ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 45.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Nolyn reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #936) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Nolyn ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 82.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nolyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Nolyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.0% confident that Nolyn is pronounced as NOH-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NOH-luhn, at 19.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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