Boys' name · since 1916
Rollan
Rollan has 233 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1934 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,079 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 233
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Rollan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 233 have been recorded since 1916.
Rollan has 233 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2023.
- #12,079 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 233 born since 1916
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rollan ranks #12,079 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 233 born since 1916, peaking in the 1930s.
- #12,079 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 233
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Rollan's 233 recorded births place it above 73.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rollan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rollan's SSA record in two at 1940 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1934 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rollan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2023
- Peak year (1934)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Rollan by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (64 births, 27% of the file).
1930s was Rollan's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Rollan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 20
1910s
20 births
- 1920s
1920s
48 births
- 1930s
1930s
64 births
- 1940s
1940s
47 births
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 64 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Rollan's decade-level peak was the 1930s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Rollan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1934)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1916–2023 (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 Rollan 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.