Rollie

Last seen for girls in 1943 at #4,691 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1893 · 22 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,570
since 1880

Rollie over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rollie has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #383, 1893boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#6,44613
2024—#7,25711
2023—#6,22014
2022—#6,47913
2021—#12,1465
2020—#6,62012
2019—#9,7567
2018—#7,13611
2017—#8,1409
2016—#7,60510
2015—#5,99914
2014—#9,6427
2013—#8,7898
2012—#8,1589
2011—#12,2875
2010——
2009—#10,9946
2008—#12,5535
2007—#6,62212
2006—#9,5857
2005—#9,1157
2004—#11,3565
2003—#6,71510
2002——
2001—#10,5565
2000—#10,3495
1999—#7,1398
1998—#6,8438
1997—#6,6188
1996—#9,0155
1995—#7,7926
1994—#5,8689
1993—#6,8167
1992—#6,6707
1991—#7,2716
1990—#6,4157
1989—#4,81110
1988—#3,91512
1987—#4,9688
1986—#5,9266
1985—#4,6988
1984—#5,5616
1983—#3,63011
1982—#2,70917
1981—#3,22113
1980—#4,1349
1979—#4,0689
1978—#2,92914
1977—#2,79115
1976—#2,70915
1975—#2,36118
1974—#3,12011
1973—#2,12419
1972—#2,99111
1971—#2,46415
1970—#1,88922
1969—#2,30814
1968—#1,50627
1967—#2,13914
1966—#2,13214
1965—#1,48327
1964—#1,38432
1963—#1,95717
1962—#1,31135
1961—#1,55227
1960—#1,40032
1959—#1,30236
1958—#1,25338
1957—#1,05052
1956—#1,23238
1955—#1,08448
1954—#1,13743
1953—#1,17040
1952—#1,13642
1951—#98451
1950—#1,03746
1949—#1,16337
1948—#1,06344
1947—#84267
1946—#1,00346
1945—#97143
1944—#96445
1943#4,6915#95649
1942#4,1246#86757
1941—#1,00441
1940—#87252
1939—#85751
1938—#86951
1937—#83553
1936—#1,01039
1935—#82257
1934—#94245
1933—#86052
1932—#90251
1931—#1,05041
1930—#91553
1929—#96049
1928—#90255
1927—#1,00149
1926—#96350
1925—#94551
1924#3,6658#1,05845
1923—#86062
1922—#99950
1921—#1,01148
1920—#94753
1919—#85060
1918#4,8095#93351
1917—#77366
1916—#86453
1915—#90647
1914—#77047
1913—#85532
1912—#1,05919
1911—#89614
1910—#72917
1909—#63618
1908—#77912
1907—#63416
1906—#79810
1905—#57417
1904—#9667
1903—#48719
1902—#68711
1901—#7798
1900—#64915
1899—#42419
1898—#39425
1897—#61512
1896—#55114
1895—#42621
1894—#50216
1893—#38322
1892—#45818
1891—#52412
1890—#45816
1889—#43418
1888—#48416
1887—#42016
1886—#41718
1885—#38821
1884—#38621
1883—#49713
1882—#48914
1881—#46014
1880—#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rollie was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2000–2002, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Rollie is popular in 1887

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 811 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #6,446)
  • 174 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #6,446)
  • 447 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #6,446)
  • Biggest jump: 392 spots in 1905 (#966 → #574)
  • Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1904 (#487 → #966)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1893 at #383 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1880–1911
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,907
  • Highest: 1 in 4,907 boys born in 1898 were named Rollie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #383 in 1893, was only 1 in 5,105 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.3% of all boys named Rollie (512) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s167#386 (1884)#442
1890s175#383 (1893)#474
1900s133#487 (1903)#699
1910s406#729 (1910)#864
1920s512#860 (1923)#965
1930s493#822 (1935)#906
1940s481#842 (1947)#971
1950s434#984 (1951)#1,139
1960s239#1,311 (1962)#1,717
1970s149#1,889 (1970)#2,745
1980s100#2,709 (1982)#4,357
1990s71#5,868 (1994)#7,045
2000s62#6,622 (2007)#9,761
2010s80#5,999 (2015)#8,612
2020s68#6,220 (2023)#7,528

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.

Rollie in 1887

boys
#420
16 births · 1 in 6,338 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #420Rollie16
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 6,338 of them was named Rollie, which outranked 60.6% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rollie
  1. #409Lyle17
  2. #409Morgan17
  3. #409Pink17
  4. #420Rollie16
  5. #420Al16
  6. #420Angus16
  7. #420Benjiman16
  8. #438Alton15
  9. #438Early15
  10. #438Isom15

Tied with 17 names at #420; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 539Carey#959 → #420
  2. ↑ 521Santiago#959 → #438
  3. ↑ 471Annie#959 → #488
  4. ↑ 471Roderick#959 → #488
  5. ↑ 453Morton#845 → #392
Fallers
  1. ↓ 430Dell#491 → #921
  2. ↓ 420Hardy#332 → #752
  3. ↓ 409Brady#512 → #921
  4. ↓ 381Walton#540 → #921
  5. ↓ 368Milford#451 → #819

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

See the top 100 for 1887 →