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 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#302 · 1 in 4,739
- Kentucky#442 · 1 in 5,711
- Texas#754 · 1 in 10,372
Best ever in a state: #212 in Kentucky, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #302 | 6 | 1 in 4,739 |
| Kentucky | #442 | 5 | 1 in 5,711 |
| Texas | #754 | 6 | 1 in 10,372 |
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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 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 22,292 of them was named Rollie, which outranked 77.9% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).