Rollin

Where Rollin comes from

Rollin hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1817
    Rollin White born
    American inventor, American Civil War industrialist, and Firearm designer
  2. 1831
    Rollin M. Daggett born
    American politician
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #442 among boys — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1903
    Peak, #411
    23 babies named Rollin — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1905
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #786.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Rollin White · American inventor, American Civil War industrialist, and Firearm designer, 1817–1892
  • Rollin M. Daggett · American politician, 1831–1901
  • Rollin Kirby · American political cartoonist, 1875–1952
  • Rollin S. Sturgeon · American film director and screenwriter, 1877–1961
  • Rollin S. Woodruff · American politician and governor of Connecticut, 1854–1925

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.