Rolen — #7775 US boys' name
218 babies named Rolen in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Rolen was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Rolen in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rolen
The Social Security Administration has registered 218 babies named Rolen between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rolen currently holds the #7775 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rolen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Rolen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rolen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rolen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 218 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rolen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rolen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #7775 among boys.
218 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 12 births in a single year.
Rolen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 67 births that decade — 31% of Rolen's all-time total
Rolen decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rolen's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Rolen by state
Where Rolen concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Missouri | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 218 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Missouri 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Missouri accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.