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How popular is “Rolf” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rolf” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rolf” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rolf” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rolf” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rolf” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rolf” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rolf” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 25 0.000012458 25 -100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 -100%
1919 30 0.000014216 30 -100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 -100%
1921 24 0.000010281 24 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 29 0.000012595 29 -100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 32 0.000013714 32 -100%
1926 36 0.00001568 36 -100%
1927 37 0.000015953 37 -100%
1928 40 0.000017692 40 -100%
1929 47 0.00002144 47 -100%
1930 41 0.000018441 41 -100%
1931 37 0.000017582 37 -100%
1932 43 0.000020367 43 -100%
1933 43 0.000021506 43 -100%
1934 52 0.000025038 52 -100%
1935 41 0.000019618 41 -100%
1936 49 0.000023585 49 -100%
1937 36 0.000016896 36 -100%
1938 48 0.000021694 48 -100%
1939 29 0.000013161 29 -100%
1940 39 0.000016937 39 -100%
1941 41 0.000016828 41 -100%
1942 42 0.000015374 42 -100%
1943 31 0.000010983 31 -100%
1944 35 0.000013011 35 -100%
1945 56 0.000021109 56 -100%
1946 43 0.000013457 43 -100%
1947 39 0.000010826 39 -100%
1948 51 0.000014772 51 -100%
1949 57 0.000016357 57 -100%
1950 43 0.000012274 43 -100%
1951 70 0.000019002 70 -100%
1952 63 0.000016588 63 -100%
1953 58 0.000015051 58 -100%
1954 74 0.00001859 74 -100%
1955 70 0.000017434 70 -100%
1956 72 0.000017463 72 -100%
1957 57 0.000013565 57 -100%
1958 67 0.000016207 67 -100%
1959 88 0.000021164 88 -100%
1960 97 0.000023352 97 -100%
1961 82 0.000019796 82 -100%
1962 69 0.000017099 69 -100%
1963 83 0.000020969 83 -100%
1964 66 0.000016977 66 -100%
1965 65 0.000017929 65 -100%
1966 64 0.000018414 64 -100%
1967 47 0.000013844 47 -100%
1968 38 0.000011248 38 -100%
1969 51 0.000014675 51 -100%
1970 36 0.000009982 36 -100%
1971 36 0.000010488 36 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 -100%
1974 25 0.000008224 25 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 25 0.000008239 25 -100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 -100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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