How Many People Are Named Rolla?
people named Rolla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,761,777 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,371 babies named Rolla in Social Security records from 1880 to 1964, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
45 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rolla, 8% were girls and 92% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Rolla rose from 0% in the 1880s to 10% in the 1940s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rolla alive today is about 76 years old, and 100% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 70 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rolla first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 45 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1964.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1964
🏆 Rank History
Rolla has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #371, in 1891.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #371 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,361 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rolla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rolla were born in Missouri than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rolla was given 22.2 times as often in Missouri and 3.9 times in Illinois.
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