Vollie

Last seen for girls in 1935 at #3,156 · Last seen for boys in 1969 at #4,404
Given to boys 83.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
378
since 1884

Vollie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #1,108, 1886peak #701, 1884girlsboys
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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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1969#4,4045
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1961#4,0655
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1957#3,9935
1956#3,5356
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1954#3,4526
1953#3,7985
1952#3,7345
1951#3,0667
1950
1949#3,2986
1948#2,7888
1947#3,0967
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1944#3,4305
1943#3,2316
1942#3,2126
1941#2,20711
1940
1939#2,8297
1938#2,6468
1937#2,19711
1936
1935#3,1568#3,6455
1934#2,12112
1933#2,7388
1932#3,3616
1931#3,0957
1930#4,5505#2,60910
1929#2,58910
1928#2,52211
1927#2,70310
1926#2,56611
1925#2,9369
1924#3,0239
1923#3,4677
1922#2,63011
1921#5,0995#2,26514
1920#4,3986#2,9679
1919#3,4528#3,3917
1918#4,2916#1,90517
1917#4,5945#2,28012
1916#3,9196#2,04314
1915#2,9009#2,45810
1914#3,1886#2,6517
1913#2,2737
1912#1,41712
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1900#1,3105
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1897#1,0575
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1893#9076
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1889#1,2795
1888
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1886#1,1085
1885
1884#7018
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Vollie! It came in at #701, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1892, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Vollie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #701 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1884–1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,305
  • Highest: 1 in 14,305 boys born in 1884 were named Vollie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,635 boys born in 1969 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.7% of all boys named Vollie (101) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1937
  • Mostly girls until 1936, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s8#701 (1884)#701
1890s11#907 (1893)#982
1900s5#1,310 (1900)#1,310
1910s86#1,417 (1912)#2,302
1920s101#2,265 (1921)#2,767
1930s74#2,121 (1934)#2,805
1940s49#2,207 (1941)#3,037
1950s34#3,066 (1951)#3,596
1960s10#4,065 (1961)#4,235

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.

Vollie in 1916

girls
#3,919
6 births · 1 in 174,056 girls
boys
#2,043
14 births · 1 in 63,577 boys

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #3,919Vollie6

Top boys' names in 1916

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #2,043Vollie14
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 174,056 of them was named Vollie, which outranked 24.1% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vollie
  1. #3,552Zenaida7
  2. #3,552Zipporah7
  3. #3,552Zudora7
  4. #3,919Vollie6
  5. #3,919Adalyn6
  6. #3,919Aina6
  7. #3,919Aldea6
  8. #4,417Aaron5
  9. #4,417Adamae5
  10. #4,417Adelaine5

Tied with 497 names at #3,919; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. 567Trinidad#1,317#750
  2. 388Coral#1,367#979
  3. 377Coletta#1,317#940
  4. 370Clifford#1,285#915
  5. 327Maida#1,231#904
Fallers
  1. 364Louis#934#1,298
  2. 354Herminia#944#1,298
  3. 346Gertha#900#1,246
  4. 344Lahoma#934#1,278
  5. 310Hassie#900#1,210

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

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 63,577 of them was named Vollie, which outranked 55.0% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vollie
  1. #1,949Vera15
  2. #1,949Verdon15
  3. #1,949Yancy15
  4. #2,043Vollie14
  5. #2,043Acy14
  6. #2,043Adron14
  7. #2,043Alwyn14
  8. #2,152Abie13
  9. #2,152Afton13
  10. #2,152Almus13

Tied with 108 names at #2,043; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. 2,568Tatsuo#3,392#824
  2. 1,088Hughes#1,878#790
  3. 410Angel#1,181#771
  4. 378Trinidad#1,181#803
  5. 354Rolla#1,306#952
Fallers
  1. 500Nicolas#804#1,304
  2. 468Collins#906#1,374
  3. 463Hilliard#952#1,415
  4. 383Arvo#952#1,335
  5. 363Rayford#941#1,304

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

See the top 100 for 1916