Rolly — boys' name
431 babies named Rolly in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1943. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Rolly was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Rolly in 1943 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rolly
The Social Security Administration has registered 431 babies named Rolly between 1888 and 2019, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rolly currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rolly performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Rolly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rolly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rolly 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 431 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.
Rolly at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rolly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1888
- Peak year (1943)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 132 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
431 total births across 132 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1943 with 15 births in a single year.
Rolly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 87 births that decade — 20% of Rolly's all-time total
Rolly decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Rolly's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Rolly by state
Where Rolly concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 431 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.2% 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, 1888–2019 (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.