Rolla
Last seen for girls in 1954 at #5,753 · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #3,601
Given to boys 95.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,306since 1880
Rolla over time
Rank among boys' names. Rolla has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
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| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
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| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,073 | 14 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | — | #1,633 | 18 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,736 | 16 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,795 | 15 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,356 | 24 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,551 | 20 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | — | #1,322 | 31 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #1,259 | 33 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | — | #1,180 | 37 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,321 | 29 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,124 | 37 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,113 | 36 | |
| 1916 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,173 | 19 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
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| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
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| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #534 | 15 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #446 | 17 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #417 | 18 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #402 | 19 | |
| 1882 | — | #437 | 17 | |
| 1881 | — | #431 | 16 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rolla was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Rolla
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
- Biggest jump: 438 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 183 spots in 1890 (#446 → #629)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #364 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1880–1902
- Highest: 1 in 4,600 boys born in 1891 were named Rolla (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,116 boys born in 1964 (0.00%)
- 22.3% of all boys named Rolla (291) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 158 | #402 (1883) | #461 |
| 1890s | 122 | #364 (1891) | #613 |
| 1900s | 65 | #815 (1907) | #923 |
| 1910s | 226 | #952 (1916) | #1,341 |
| 1920s | 291 | #1,180 (1920) | #1,383 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,356 (1936) | #1,755 |
| 1940s | 144 | #1,525 (1944) | #2,005 |
| 1950s | 88 | #2,048 (1955) | #2,528 |
| 1960s | 39 | #2,706 (1961) | #3,160 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rolla in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 240,201 of them was named Rolla, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 780 names at #5,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 32,974 of them was named Rolla, which outranked 74.7% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,242Salvator34
- #1,242Waverly34
- #1,242Winifred34
- #1,259Rolla33
- #1,259Alma33
- #1,259Arno33
- #1,259Attilio33
- #1,282Algie32
- #1,282Beauford32
- #1,282Benard32
Tied with 22 names at #1,259; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.