Rollie
Rollie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 390th, in 1893.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 194767 births
- Best rank
- #390in 1893
- Since 1880
- 3,556people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,556 boys have been named Rollie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 67 births.
The name has all but left use: 10 births in 2024, against 67 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 59 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rollie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 167 | |
| 1890s | 175 | |
| 1900s | 133 | |
| 1910s | 406 | |
| 1920s | 512 | |
| 1930s | 493 | |
| 1940s | 481 | |
| 1950s | 434 | |
| 1960s | 239 | |
| 1970s | 149 | |
| 1980s | 100 | |
| 1990s | 71 | |
| 2000s | 62 | |
| 2010s | 80 | |
| 2020s | 54 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Rollie was the 851st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1947 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Rollie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adolphuspeak 1922
- Generalpeak 1918
- Harrypeak 1918
- Clempeak 1917
- Fredpeak 1924
- Benpeak 1918
- Alvapeak 1917
- Guspeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.