Rolinda — girls' name
462 babies named Rolinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Rolinda was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Rolinda in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rolinda
The Social Security Administration has registered 462 babies named Rolinda between 1940 and 1998, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rolinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rolinda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rolinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rolinda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rolinda 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 462 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.
Rolinda at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rolinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1940
- Peak year (1958)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
462 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 21 births in a single year.
Rolinda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 156 births that decade — 34% of Rolinda's all-time total
Rolinda decade highlights
- Peak decade 156 births
- Runner-up 138 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Rolinda's strongest decade
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Rolinda by state
Where Rolinda concentrates geographically — total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.1% |
10 of 462 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% 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, 1940–1998 (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.