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
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,570since 1880
Rollie over time
Rank among boys' names. Rollie 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,479 | 13 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,464 | 15 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,889 | 22 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,384 | 32 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,311 | 35 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,253 | 38 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,050 | 52 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,232 | 38 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,084 | 48 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,137 | 43 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,170 | 40 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,136 | 42 | |
| 1951 | — | #984 | 51 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,037 | 46 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,163 | 37 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1947 | — | #842 | 67 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,003 | 46 | |
| 1945 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1944 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #956 | 49 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #867 | 57 |
| 1941 | — | #1,004 | 41 | |
| 1940 | — | #872 | 52 | |
| 1939 | — | #857 | 51 | |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | — | #835 | 53 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,010 | 39 | |
| 1935 | — | #822 | 57 | |
| 1934 | — | #942 | 45 | |
| 1933 | — | #860 | 52 | |
| 1932 | — | #902 | 51 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,050 | 41 | |
| 1930 | — | #915 | 53 | |
| 1929 | — | #960 | 49 | |
| 1928 | — | #902 | 55 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,001 | 49 | |
| 1926 | — | #963 | 50 | |
| 1925 | — | #945 | 51 | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,058 | 45 |
| 1923 | — | #860 | 62 | |
| 1922 | — | #999 | 50 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,011 | 48 | |
| 1920 | — | #947 | 53 | |
| 1919 | — | #850 | 60 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #933 | 51 |
| 1917 | — | #773 | 66 | |
| 1916 | — | #864 | 53 | |
| 1915 | — | #906 | 47 | |
| 1914 | — | #770 | 47 | |
| 1913 | — | #855 | 32 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,059 | 19 | |
| 1911 | — | #896 | 14 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #636 | 18 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #634 | 16 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #574 | 17 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #487 | 19 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #424 | 19 | |
| 1898 | — | #394 | 25 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #426 | 21 | |
| 1894 | — | #502 | 16 | |
| 1893 | — | #383 | 22 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #434 | 18 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #417 | 18 | |
| 1885 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1884 | — | #386 | 21 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
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 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#398 · 1 in 3,843
- Illinois#459 · 1 in 9,102
Best ever in a state: #212 in Kentucky, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #398 | 6 | 1 in 3,843 |
| Illinois | #459 | 6 | 1 in 9,102 |
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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 Rollie
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #383 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1880–1911
- 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
- 14.3% of all boys named Rollie (512) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 167 | #386 (1884) | #442 |
| 1890s | 175 | #383 (1893) | #474 |
| 1900s | 133 | #487 (1903) | #699 |
| 1910s | 406 | #729 (1910) | #864 |
| 1920s | 512 | #860 (1923) | #965 |
| 1930s | 493 | #822 (1935) | #906 |
| 1940s | 481 | #842 (1947) | #971 |
| 1950s | 434 | #984 (1951) | #1,139 |
| 1960s | 239 | #1,311 (1962) | #1,717 |
| 1970s | 149 | #1,889 (1970) | #2,745 |
| 1980s | 100 | #2,709 (1982) | #4,357 |
| 1990s | 71 | #5,868 (1994) | #7,045 |
| 2000s | 62 | #6,622 (2007) | #9,761 |
| 2010s | 80 | #5,999 (2015) | #8,612 |
| 2020s | 68 | #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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Rollie, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 19,872 of them was named Rollie, which outranked 80.6% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).