Rollie

Last seen for girls in 1943 at #4,691 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1893 · 22 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,570
since 1880

Rollie over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rollie has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #383, 1893boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,44613
2024#7,25711
2023#6,22014
2022#6,47913
2021#12,1465
2020#6,62012
2019#9,7567
2018#7,13611
2017#8,1409
2016#7,60510
2015#5,99914
2014#9,6427
2013#8,7898
2012#8,1589
2011#12,2875
2010
2009#10,9946
2008#12,5535
2007#6,62212
2006#9,5857
2005#9,1157
2004#11,3565
2003#6,71510
2002
2001#10,5565
2000#10,3495
1999#7,1398
1998#6,8438
1997#6,6188
1996#9,0155
1995#7,7926
1994#5,8689
1993#6,8167
1992#6,6707
1991#7,2716
1990#6,4157
1989#4,81110
1988#3,91512
1987#4,9688
1986#5,9266
1985#4,6988
1984#5,5616
1983#3,63011
1982#2,70917
1981#3,22113
1980#4,1349
1979#4,0689
1978#2,92914
1977#2,79115
1976#2,70915
1975#2,36118
1974#3,12011
1973#2,12419
1972#2,99111
1971#2,46415
1970#1,88922
1969#2,30814
1968#1,50627
1967#2,13914
1966#2,13214
1965#1,48327
1964#1,38432
1963#1,95717
1962#1,31135
1961#1,55227
1960#1,40032
1959#1,30236
1958#1,25338
1957#1,05052
1956#1,23238
1955#1,08448
1954#1,13743
1953#1,17040
1952#1,13642
1951#98451
1950#1,03746
1949#1,16337
1948#1,06344
1947#84267
1946#1,00346
1945#97143
1944#96445
1943#4,6915#95649
1942#4,1246#86757
1941#1,00441
1940#87252
1939#85751
1938#86951
1937#83553
1936#1,01039
1935#82257
1934#94245
1933#86052
1932#90251
1931#1,05041
1930#91553
1929#96049
1928#90255
1927#1,00149
1926#96350
1925#94551
1924#3,6658#1,05845
1923#86062
1922#99950
1921#1,01148
1920#94753
1919#85060
1918#4,8095#93351
1917#77366
1916#86453
1915#90647
1914#77047
1913#85532
1912#1,05919
1911#89614
1910#72917
1909#63618
1908#77912
1907#63416
1906#79810
1905#57417
1904#9667
1903#48719
1902#68711
1901#7798
1900#64915
1899#42419
1898#39425
1897#61512
1896#55114
1895#42621
1894#50216
1893#38322
1892#45818
1891#52412
1890#45816
1889#43418
1888#48416
1887#42016
1886#41718
1885#38821
1884#38621
1883#49713
1882#48914
1881#46014
1880#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rollie was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2000–2002, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rollie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 811 spots since 2024 (#7,257#6,446)
  • 174 spots since 2020 (#6,620#6,446)
  • 447 spots since 2015 (#5,999#6,446)
  • Biggest jump: 392 spots in 1905 (#966#574)
  • Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1904 (#487#966)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1893 at #383 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1880–1911
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,907
  • Highest: 1 in 4,907 boys born in 1898 were named Rollie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #383 in 1893, was only 1 in 5,105 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.3% of all boys named Rollie (512) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s167#386 (1884)#442
1890s175#383 (1893)#474
1900s133#487 (1903)#699
1910s406#729 (1910)#864
1920s512#860 (1923)#965
1930s493#822 (1935)#906
1940s481#842 (1947)#971
1950s434#984 (1951)#1,139
1960s239#1,311 (1962)#1,717
1970s149#1,889 (1970)#2,745
1980s100#2,709 (1982)#4,357
1990s71#5,868 (1994)#7,045
2000s62#6,622 (2007)#9,761
2010s80#5,999 (2015)#8,612
2020s68#6,220 (2023)#7,528

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.

Rollie in 1943

girls
#4,691
5 births · 1 in 279,059 girls
boys
#956
49 births · 1 in 29,129 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #4,691Rollie5

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #956Rollie49
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 279,059 of them was named Rollie, which outranked 12.6% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rollie
  1. #4,196Zeda6
  2. #4,196Zilla6
  3. #4,196Zilpha6
  4. #4,691Rollie5
  5. #4,691Adelyn5
  6. #4,691Adine5
  7. #4,691Adlean5

Tied with 676 names at #4,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 878Tana#1,559#681
  2. 754Rozanne#1,706#952
  3. 722Cheryle#1,592#870
  4. 596Tena#1,592#996
  5. 525Alexis#1,349#824
Fallers
  1. 594Florida#997#1,591
  2. 467Jerilynn#581#1,048
  3. 364Lorelei#864#1,228
  4. 308Kaaren#536#844
  5. 305Erna#864#1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 29,129 of them was named Rollie, which outranked 76.3% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rollie
  1. #943Vince50
  2. #943Williams50
  3. #943Wyatt50
  4. #956Rollie49
  5. #956Arlo49
  6. #956Armond49
  7. #956Butch49
  8. #969Arvil48
  9. #969Barrie48
  10. #969Bertrand48

Tied with 12 names at #956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 514Derek#1,228#714
  2. 465Armond#1,421#956
  3. 368Les#1,214#846
  4. 347Aron#1,244#897
  5. 321Edsel#1,167#846
Fallers
  1. 500Humberto#780#1,280
  2. 352Chauncey#928#1,280
  3. 352Clearence#991#1,343
  4. 344Macarthur#512#856
  5. 325Reyes#933#1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1943