Boys' name · since 1919
Rolin
266 babies named Rolin in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,311 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,165 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
266 babies have been named Rolin since 1919, making it today's #12165 boys' name.
Rolin has 266 recorded births among boys since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12165 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of boys, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #11,311 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,165 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 266 born since 1919
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rolin ranks #11,311 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,165 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 266 born since 1919, peaking in the 1950s.
- #11,311 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,165 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
Rolin's 266 recorded births place it above 75.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rolin compares
266 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rolin's all-time total is 28% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rolin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 266 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rolin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rolin's SSA record in two at 1956 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1919, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rolin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (1923)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Rolin by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (50 births, 19% of the file).
1950s was Rolin's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Rolin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
31 births
- 1930s
1930s
23 births
- 1940s
1940s
42 births
- 1950s
1950s
50 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 50 births (19% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rolin's data
- Rolin's decade-level peak was the 1950s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- 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 Rolin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1919–2025 (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 Rolin 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.