Rollon

Boys' name

English equivalent of Rollo

Rollon has been given to 6 babies in the U.S. since 1930. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1930, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Rollon, 1930

1 in 371,000

Rollon over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rollon: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Rollo

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rollon means

Rollon is a English equivalent of Rollo.

Origin, language, and formation

Rollon is used in Norman.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rollo.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Rollon between 1930 and 1930. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1930; its best national rank was #3,927 in 1930.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Rollon?

Rollon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1930, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1930: 1 in 371,000; 6 of 2,223,243 births
Among boys only: 1 in 183,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1930: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 256,840 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rollon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1930 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 256,840 children born in 1930 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rollon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rollons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rollon was born before 1930 — so the typical Rollon is around 95 today.

Median birth year: 1930; About 95 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Rollon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1930 (6)
Years since peak: 95; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,927; 1930

Spellings of Rollon

Rollon is not the most common spelling — Colton is, with 41.7% against Rollon's <0.01%.

Colton41.7%151,965
Collin22.4%81,437
Dillon17.9%65,225
Kolton4.7%17,169
Rolland2.7%9,868
Colson2.7%9,729
Rollin1.6%5,771
Rollie0.98%3,570

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Rollon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,927; 1930
Peak year: 1930; 6 that year
First recorded: 1930
Last recorded: 1930
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rollon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Xaylon Rhylon Rolman Rolston Furlon Jeylon Oaklon Rolph Nylon Ajalon Zaelon Mellon Mailon Morlon Ashlon Dahlon Shylon Zailon Roly Roll Rolandas Rolley Tralon Roley

Sibling names for Rollon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Billy Donald Ardith Marvel Bobby Socorro Josefina Ofelia

For a brother

Carrol Normand Gaylord Mary Frances Dudley Delmar Sanford

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