Rolla

Boy · recorded 1880–1964

  • 1964last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

010921718801901192219431964

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 81 recorded years as a table
Rolla, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880163
1881159
1882150
1883182
1884122
1885102
1886162
1887138
1888116
1889154
189090
1891217
1892115
189380
189495
189577
1896125
189789
189898
189994
190066
190166
190265
190350
190462
190638
190775
190865
191036
191131
191223
191337
191415
191531
191651
191739
191837
191930
192035
192129
192230
192329
192425
192528
192622
192728
192816
192923
193013
193115
193214
193323
193419
193513
193623
193720
193810
193914
194014
194115
19429
194310
194415
194512
19469
19479
19485
19494
19506
19516
19527
19535
19542
19557
19566
19585
19604
19615
19623
19633
19643

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rolla isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1964
6
Rank in 1964
#3,601
How rare
1 in 332,116 boys
Since 1880
1,306

Rolla was last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1891, at 217 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rolla doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.