Rolla

Where Rolla comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rolla.

  • Vowel-ended
Rolla through the years
  1. 1875
    Rolla Kent Beattie born
    American botanist
  2. 1880
    Rolla Coral McMillen born
    American politician
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #403 among boys, with 18 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1891
    Peak, #364
    22 babies named Rolla, its best rank.
  5. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #705.
  6. 1955
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Rolla Kent Beattie · American botanist, 1875–1960
  • Rolla Coral McMillen · American politician, 1880–1961
  • Rolla M. Tryon Jr. · American botanist, 1916–2001
  • Rolla Norman · French actor, 1889–1971
  • Rolla C. Carpenter · American engineer, 1852–1919

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.