Rolf — #10953 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rolf

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,097 babies named Rolf between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rolf currently holds the #10953 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 97 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rolf performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 662 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rolf shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 377 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rolf in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rolf 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 3,097 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.