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Dolan

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Dolan is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
199636 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1914
1,701people given the name
Babies named Dolan, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,701 boys have been named Dolan in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 36 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 2000s alone account for 16%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Dolan
1910s49
1920s118
1930s155
1940s135
1950s126
1960s114
1970s137
1980s106
1990s268
2000s270
2010s182
2020s41

In 1996, its biggest year

Dolan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1996 were Michael, Matthew, Jacob, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1996.

Names that rose and fell with Dolan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.