Rollo
Boy · ROL-oh · Old Norse
Rollo is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “famous wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Rollo mean?
Old Norse: Latinised form of Hrólfr
“famous wolf”
A Latinised form of the Norse Hrólfr; Rollo was the Viking leader who founded the duchy of Normandy.
- Say it
- ROL-oh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Rollo a girl's or a boy's name?
Rollo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rollo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Rollo, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd.
2025 had the most boys named Rollo of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Rollo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Rollo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Rollo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Rollo, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1918, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Rollo in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1943, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rollo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,656 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,321 |
| 1918 | 38 | #1,112 |
| 1917 | 32 | #1,203 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,342 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
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