Rolla
Last seen for girls in 1954 at #5,753 · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #3,601
Given to boys 95.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,306since 1880
Rolla over time
Rank among boys' names. Rolla has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
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| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
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| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,073 | 14 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | — | #1,633 | 18 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,736 | 16 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,795 | 15 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,356 | 24 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,551 | 20 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | — | #1,322 | 31 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #1,259 | 33 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | — | #1,180 | 37 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,321 | 29 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,124 | 37 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,113 | 36 | |
| 1916 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,173 | 19 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
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| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
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| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #534 | 15 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #446 | 17 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #417 | 18 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #402 | 19 | |
| 1882 | — | #437 | 17 | |
| 1881 | — | #431 | 16 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rolla was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rolla is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#232 · 1 in 1,881
Best ever in a state: #232 in Missouri, 1917.
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| Missouri | #232 | 13 | 1 in 1,881 |
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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 Rolla
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
- Biggest jump: 438 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 183 spots in 1890 (#446 → #629)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #364 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1880–1902
- Highest: 1 in 4,600 boys born in 1891 were named Rolla (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,116 boys born in 1964 (0.00%)
- 22.3% of all boys named Rolla (291) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 158 | #402 (1883) | #461 |
| 1890s | 122 | #364 (1891) | #613 |
| 1900s | 65 | #815 (1907) | #923 |
| 1910s | 226 | #952 (1916) | #1,341 |
| 1920s | 291 | #1,180 (1920) | #1,383 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,356 (1936) | #1,755 |
| 1940s | 144 | #1,525 (1944) | #2,005 |
| 1950s | 88 | #2,048 (1955) | #2,528 |
| 1960s | 39 | #2,706 (1961) | #3,160 |
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.
Rolla in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 25,708 of them was named Rolla, which outranked 75.8% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,092Wilburt37
- #1,092Willam37
- #1,092Wyman37
- #1,113Rolla36
- #1,113Alf36
- #1,113Aurelio36
- #1,113Axel36
- #1,132Armin35
- #1,132Barnett35
- #1,132Beecher35
Tied with 18 names at #1,113; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.