Boys' name · since 1925
Rollyn
Rollyn has 71 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1932 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,765 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 71
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rollyn is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 71 have been recorded since 1925.
Rollyn has 71 recorded births among boys since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1969.
- #19,765 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 71 born since 1925
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rollyn ranks #19,765 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1925, peaking in the 1920s.
- #19,765 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 71
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rollyn's 71 recorded births place it above 56.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rollyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rollyn's full recorded timeline at 1938, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1932 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rollyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1969
- Peak year (1932)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Rollyn by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (22 births, 31% of the file).
1920s was Rollyn's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Rollyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
22 births
- 1930s
1930s
19 births
- 1940s
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 22 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Rollyn's decade-level peak was the 1920s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- 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 Rollyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1932)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1925–1969 (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 Rollyn 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.