Rolla — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rolla

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,306 babies named Rolla between 1880 and 1964, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rolla currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rolla performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 291 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rolla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 154 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rolla in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rolla 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 1,306 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.