Girls' name · since 1917
Rolene
Rolene has 354 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,563 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 354
- born since 1917
- 1940s
- peak decade
Rolene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 354 have been recorded since 1917.
Rolene has 354 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1964.
- #14,563 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 354 born since 1917
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rolene ranks #14,563 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 354 born since 1917, peaking in the 1940s.
- #14,563 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 354
- born since 1917
- 1940s
- peak decade
Rolene's 354 recorded births place it above 79.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rolene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rolene splits its recorded history at 1941: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rolene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1964
- Peak year (1947)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Rolene by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (103 births, 29% of the file).
1940s was Rolene's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Rolene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
48 births
- 1930s
1930s
75 births
- 1940s
1940s
103 births
- 1950s
1950s
89 births
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 103 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Rolene's decade-level peak was the 1940s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rolene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rolene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.