Rollie
Rollie was given to 13 boys in 2025, #6,727 among boys’ names; 3,594 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,260 Americans named Rollie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 41 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rollie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rollie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rollie is “a male given name.”
From Roland + -ie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rollie?
#6,727 among boys’ names, 2025
Rollie fell from #6,239 in 2015 to #6,727 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 7.3 to 7.6 per million.
67 babies in 1947, the peak
Rollie peaked in 1947, when 67 boys were given it, #850 among boys’ names. The 13 births of 2025 are 19% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,727 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,648 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,440 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,753 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #13,688 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,950 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 7 | #10,579 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,513 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,686 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #8,042 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #6,239 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 7 | #10,493 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,480 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,726 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 5 | #13,914 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 6 | #12,166 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #14,182 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,994 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 7 | #10,431 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,912 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #12,839 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 10 | #7,131 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 5 | #11,936 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 5 | #11,770 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,725 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 8 | #7,407 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #7,134 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #10,220 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 6 | #8,662 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,239 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 7 | #7,446 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 7 | #7,237 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #8,039 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #7,011 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #5,093 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 12 | #4,110 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,342 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,559 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 8 | #5,053 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 6 | #6,169 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,822 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,800 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,376 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,428 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,326 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 14 | #3,041 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,883 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,795 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,430 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,279 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,107 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,530 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,925 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,394 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,538 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,229 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,508 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,405 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 17 | #2,031 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,337 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 27 | #1,566 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,425 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,317 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,262 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,059 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,250 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,088 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,148 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,184 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,146 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 51 | #989 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,048 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,178 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,069 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 67 | #850 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,013 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 43 | #985 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 45 | #972 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 49 | #968 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 57 | #874 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,016 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 52 | #880 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 51 | #865 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 51 | #879 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 53 | #843 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 57 | #830 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 45 | #953 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 52 | #866 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 51 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 53 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 49 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 55 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 49 | #1,010 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 50 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 51 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 62 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 50 | #1,009 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 48 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 53 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 60 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 51 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 66 | #778 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 53 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 47 | #914 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 47 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 32 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,090 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 14 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 17 | #749 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 18 | #650 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 12 | #817 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 16 | #659 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 10 | #842 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 17 | #587 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,043 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 19 | #499 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 11 | #729 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 8 | #842 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 15 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 19 | #434 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 25 | #402 | 0.20 |
| 1897 | 12 | #641 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 14 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 21 | #434 | 0.18 |
| 1894 | 16 | #516 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 22 | #390 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 18 | #475 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 12 | #557 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 16 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 18 | #441 | 0.16 |
| 1888 | 16 | #499 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 16 | #435 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 18 | #428 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 21 | #396 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 21 | #394 | 0.18 |
| 1883 | 13 | #516 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 14 | #512 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 14 | #482 | 0.14 |
| 1880 | 16 | #460 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rollie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rollie has been given almost only to boys: 24 girls in 144 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rollie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rollie, and how old are they?
1,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 35% of the 3,594 Americans ever recorded as Rollie. The median Rollie alive today is 64 years old; half are between 41 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,356 people named Rollie (77 women and girls, 1,279 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,424 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 174 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 495 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 223 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 131 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 98 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 133 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rollie born?
The states with the most babies named Rollie are Kentucky, Georgia and Illinois, with 61% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 207 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Georgia | 65 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 48 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 41 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 40 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 31 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| California | 28 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Rollie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rollie is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rollie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 6,434 babies since 1880, Rollie is the most given (56% of them). In 2025 it was given to 13 of their 28 babies (46%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rollie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rollie and names like it
- Compare Rollie and RollaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sRollie peaked in 1947.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rollie since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Rollie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rollie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.