Rolf
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 96 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,103since 1912
Rolf over time
Rank among boys' names. Rolf has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
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| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #1,435 | 35 |
| 1972 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | #1,415 | 36 |
| 1970 | #1,396 | 36 |
| 1969 | #1,086 | 51 |
| 1968 | #1,233 | 38 |
| 1967 | #1,071 | 47 |
| 1966 | #901 | 64 |
| 1965 | #920 | 65 |
| 1964 | #936 | 66 |
| 1963 | #829 | 83 |
| 1962 | #912 | 69 |
| 1961 | #842 | 83 |
| 1960 | #775 | 96 |
| 1959 | #814 | 88 |
| 1958 | #928 | 67 |
| 1957 | #995 | 58 |
| 1956 | #880 | 72 |
| 1955 | #885 | 70 |
| 1954 | #842 | 74 |
| 1953 | #939 | 58 |
| 1952 | #883 | 63 |
| 1951 | #838 | 70 |
| 1950 | #1,074 | 43 |
| 1949 | #911 | 57 |
| 1948 | #972 | 51 |
| 1947 | #1,159 | 39 |
| 1946 | #1,045 | 43 |
| 1945 | #837 | 56 |
| 1944 | #1,120 | 35 |
| 1943 | #1,240 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,036 | 42 |
| 1941 | #1,004 | 41 |
| 1940 | #1,031 | 39 |
| 1939 | #1,219 | 29 |
| 1938 | #912 | 48 |
| 1937 | #1,074 | 36 |
| 1936 | #873 | 49 |
| 1935 | #992 | 41 |
| 1934 | #869 | 52 |
| 1933 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #1,004 | 43 |
| 1931 | #1,111 | 37 |
| 1930 | #1,080 | 41 |
| 1929 | #983 | 47 |
| 1928 | #1,111 | 40 |
| 1927 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1926 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,358 | 29 |
| 1922 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 30 |
| 1918 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,410 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Rolf! It came in at #1,746, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rolf is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#206 · 1 in 1,691
- Illinois#338 · 1 in 5,816
- New York#408 · 1 in 9,332
Best ever in a state: #206 in Washington, 1936.
Show every state
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| Washington | #206 | 6 | 1 in 1,691 |
| Illinois | #338 | 9 | 1 in 5,816 |
| New York | #408 | 9 | 1 in 9,332 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rolf
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
- 1,403 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 751 spots in 1913 (#1,746 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 692 spots in 1914 (#995 → #1,687)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1960 at #775 (96 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1951–1966
- Highest: 1 in 19,858 boys born in 1934 were named Rolf (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #775 in 1960, was only 1 in 22,212 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.4% of all boys named Rolf (663) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 176 | #995 (1913) | #1,419 |
| 1920s | 297 | #983 (1929) | #1,465 |
| 1930s | 419 | #869 (1934) | #1,010 |
| 1940s | 434 | #837 (1945) | #1,036 |
| 1950s | 663 | #814 (1959) | #908 |
| 1960s | 662 | #775 (1960) | #951 |
| 1970s | 234 | #1,396 (1970) | #2,168 |
| 1980s | 89 | #3,282 (1982) | #4,292 |
| 1990s | 75 | #4,327 (1992) | #7,017 |
| 2000s | 19 | #7,245 (2003) | #9,383 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,108 (2014) | #12,177 |
| 2020s | 25 | #8,990 (2022) | #10,635 |
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.
Rolf in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 21,167 of them was named Rolf, which outranked 78.4% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).