Boys' name · since 1936
Rolyn
23 babies named Rolyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,961 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 1936
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rolyn is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 23 have been recorded since 1936.
Social Security Administration records show Rolyn recorded 23 times among boys since 1936, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 2021.
- #27,961 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 23 born since 1936
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rolyn ranks #27,961 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1936, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,961 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 1936
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rolyn's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rolyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rolyn splits its recorded history at 2020: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1936 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rolyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–2021
- Peak year (1936)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Rolyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Rolyn's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Rolyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (43% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rolyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~85 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, 1936–2021 (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 Rolyn 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.