Nolene

Girls' name

Form of Nola

Nolene has been given to 58 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Nolene, 1962

1 in 807,000

Nolene over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nolene: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Nola

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nolene means

Nolene is a form of Nola.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Nolene is used in Afrikaans.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Nolene → Nola → Fionnghuala. The family’s meaning is “fair + shoulder”, recorded in Irish with the source elements find and guala.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nola.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 58 girls were recorded with the name Nolene between 1916 and 1962. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1924; its best national rank was #3,592 in 1924.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Nolene?

Nolene had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1962, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1962: 1 in 807,000; 5 of 4,035,213 births
Among girls only: 1 in 393,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1962: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 559,400 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nolene sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1962 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 559,400 children born in 1962 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nolene. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nolenes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nolene was born before 1928 — so the typical Nolene is around 97 today.

Median birth year: 1928; About 97 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 43.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 39.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 43.1% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Nolene rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1924 (9)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,592; 1924

Spellings of Nolene

Nolene is not the most common spelling — Arlene is, with 39.6% against Nolene's 0.02%.

Arlene39.6%143,010
Lorene10.9%39,379
Jolene10.0%36,224
Helene9.2%33,334
Ilene4.9%17,840
Selene2.7%9,713
Allene2.4%8,762
Alene2.4%8,748

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Nolene around the world

Where Nolene ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1993–2011
#7,342
in 2011
South Australia
1945–1986
#667
in 1986

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nolene by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,592; 1924
Peak year: 1924; 9 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1962
All-time count: 58
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Nolene

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Nolynn Nolawit Nolani Nolita Nollie Zelene Nolyn Nolana Nolee Nolah Soulene Nolie Eliene Emalene Algene Verene Lovene Jelene Galene Cyrene Calene Iolene Carene Eleene

Sibling names for Nolene

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita Vernell Dorris Leonora

For a brother

Alvis Eldridge Merritt Lacy Delmer Wilton Elwin Domenick

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