Rolph
Rolph is a surname and a masculine given name, and may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Rolph
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rolph is a surname and a masculine given name, and may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Rolph
American parents first put Rolph on the record books as a baby boy name in 1932, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1932, when 5 Rolphs were born — ranking #3,776 that year. About 50% of every Rolph on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Rolph last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Rolph
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Names that sound like Rolph
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About the name Rolph
Rolph is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1932 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Rolph's peak popularity came in 1932 when it ranked #3,776. Use the chart and map above to compare Rolph's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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