Rolly

Peak · boys
1888 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
437
since 1888

Rolly over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rolly has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,031, 1888boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
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2019#12,1455
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2008#12,5535
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2006#12,0555
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1989#7,9055
1988—
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1985#6,5235
1984#6,3155
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1978#5,7725
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1974#5,2275
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1972#4,9865
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1968#4,1365
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1966#3,5376
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1964#3,6016
1963#3,6466
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1961#4,0655
1960#3,3377
1959#3,9885
1958#2,37012
1957#3,2577
1956#3,5356
1955#2,7649
1954#2,31612
1953#2,9058
1952#3,0957
1951#2,8448
1950#2,43810
1949#1,94115
1948#2,6089
1947#2,49810
1946#3,5255
1945#2,24210
1944—
1943#1,91015
1942#3,5605
1941#2,08312
1940#3,1306
1939#2,6098
1938#2,32610
1937#2,6808
1936#2,4529
1935#2,12712
1934#2,02213
1933#2,5429
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1931#3,3906
1930#3,0228
1929#2,7669
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1926#3,1398
1925#2,43512
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1923#3,1758
1922#3,2528
1921#3,2148
1920#2,76510
1919#4,1685
1918#4,1795
1917#3,2177
1916#2,25912
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1888#1,0315
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Rolly! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Rolly is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Rolly in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Rolly
Momentum · boys
Brand new
    Rise & fade · boys
    Peaked on debut
    • Debuted 1888
    • Peaked 1888 at #1,031 (5 births)
    • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
    Top of the charts · boys
    Never in the top 1,000
    • Top 10: never
    • Top 100: never
    • Top 1,000: never
    Share of babies · boys
    1 in 24,170
    • Highest: 1 in 24,170 boys born in 1888 were named Rolly (0.00%)
    • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
    Era · boys
    The 1940s
    • 19.9% of all boys named Rolly (87) were born in this decade
    Show by decade
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
    1890s0——
    1900s0——
    1910s29#2,259 (1916)#3,456
    1920s63#2,435 (1925)#2,964
    1930s83#2,022 (1934)#2,574
    1940s87#1,910 (1943)#2,611
    1950s84#2,316 (1954)#2,951
    1960s35#3,337 (1960)#3,720
    1970s15#4,986 (1972)#5,328
    1980s15#6,315 (1984)#6,914
    1990s0——
    2000s10#12,055 (2006)#12,304
    2010s5#12,145 (2019)#12,145
    2020s6#10,695 (2025)#10,695

    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.

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