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Rollin vs Rollo

American parents have registered 5,771 Rollins since 1880, against 949 Rollos. Rollin is still ahead, with 13 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Rollin against Rollo, 1880 to 2025 0 40 80 120 160 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Rollin Rollo

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 144 years in which either name was published, Rollin for 143 years and Rollo for 1 year. The lead changed hands 2 times.

Side by side

  Rollin Rollo
Total US births 5,771949
Most in one year 13738
Babies in 2025 139
Estimated living today 2,200230
Median age today 5946
Peak year 19251918
Best rank 525th boys1,112th boys
Rank in 2025 6,446th8,243rd
First recorded 18801881
Girls / boys 0 / 5,7710 / 949

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Rollins alive today are over 59; half the Rollos are over 46. That is 13 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Rollin and Rollo.