Rolf
Rolf is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 774th, in 1960.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 196097 births
- Best rank
- #774in 1960
- Since 1912
- 3,097people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,097 boys have been named Rolf in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 97 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 21%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rolf | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 176 | |
| 1920s | 297 | |
| 1930s | 419 | |
| 1940s | 434 | |
| 1950s | 662 | |
| 1960s | 662 | |
| 1970s | 234 | |
| 1980s | 89 | |
| 1990s | 75 | |
| 2000s | 19 | |
| 2010s | 10 | |
| 2020s | 20 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Rolf was the 774th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Rolf
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alfonzapeak 1957
- Dwainpeak 1959
- Curtisspeak 1959
- Dalepeak 1958
- Duanepeak 1959
- Kennethpeak 1957
- Gerardpeak 1956
- Johnneypeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.