Rollo

#8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births

Peak · boys
1881 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
949
since 1881

Rollo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rollo has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #706, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,2439
2024#7,25711
2023#12,2395
2022#6,82812
2021#7,08911
2020#8,0679
2019#8,8898
2018#8,8198
2017#7,54610
2016#8,1469
2015#7,49110
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
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1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987#6,9515
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980#5,5256
1979#4,8427
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974#4,6346
1973#3,4459
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962#2,8489
1961
1960#4,0385
1959
1958
1957#3,2577
1956#3,5356
1955#2,9648
1954#3,1767
1953
1952#3,7345
1951#3,7145
1950#3,3296
1949
1948#2,32611
1947#3,3706
1946#3,5255
1945#2,9966
1944#2,30910
1943#2,7328
1942#2,7128
1941#2,6568
1940#2,8717
1939#1,87914
1938#2,32610
1937#1,82815
1936#1,58718
1935#1,65618
1934#1,93214
1933#1,99713
1932#1,65119
1931#1,48922
1930#1,88916
1929#1,56422
1928#1,82218
1927#2,19314
1926#1,91117
1925#1,33230
1924#1,41428
1923#1,75320
1922#1,59123
1921#1,58823
1920#1,41627
1919#1,32129
1918#1,11238
1917#1,20332
1916#1,30427
1915#1,34225
1914#1,77213
1913#1,49713
1912#1,41712
1911#1,7405
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905#1,2335
1904#1,2055
1903#1,1305
1902#1,0136
1901
1900
1899#1,0515
1898#8048
1897
1896#9007
1895
1894
1893#1,0355
1892#8617
1891#7667
1890#8147
1889#7897
1888#9176
1887#8196
1886#8456
1885
1884#7647
1883
1882#8376
1881#7067
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Rollo! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rollo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 986 spots since 2024 (#7,257#8,243)
  • 176 spots since 2020 (#8,067#8,243)
  • 752 spots since 2015 (#7,491#8,243)
  • Biggest jump: 128 spots in 1889 (#917#789)
  • Biggest drop: 247 spots in 1899 (#804#1,051)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1886–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,391
  • Highest: 1 in 14,391 boys born in 1881 were named Rollo (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.4% of all boys named Rollo (222) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s45#706 (1881)#811
1890s46#766 (1891)#890
1900s21#1,013 (1902)#1,145
1910s194#1,112 (1918)#1,412
1920s222#1,332 (1925)#1,658
1930s159#1,489 (1931)#1,823
1940s69#2,309 (1944)#2,833
1950s44#2,964 (1955)#3,387
1960s14#2,848 (1962)#3,443
1970s22#3,445 (1973)#4,307
1980s11#5,525 (1980)#6,238
1990s0
2000s0
2010s45#7,491 (2015)#8,178
2020s57#6,828 (2022)#8,287

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.

Rollo in 1891

boys
#766
7 births · 1 in 14,456 boys

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #766Rollo7
More about 1891

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 14,456 of them was named Rollo, which outranked 32.0% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rollo
  1. #700Wendell8
  2. #700Whit8
  3. #700Zeb8
  4. #766Rollo7
  5. #766Ace7
  6. #766Ada7
  7. #766Almon7
  8. #841Adlai6
  9. #841Alec6
  10. #841Alger6

Tied with 74 names at #766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 487Colonel#884#397
  2. 470Mahlon#994#524
  3. 457Hezekiah#884#427
  4. 430Ruby#994#564
  5. 397Essie#994#597
Fallers
  1. 574Pierce#389#963
  2. 505Omar#458#963
  3. 452Benton#511#963
  4. 430Ivory#533#963
  5. 430Pleasant#533#963

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

See the top 100 for 1891