Rolf

boys:

3.1k births since 1912

#2252 (51st percentile)

overall:

3.1k births since 1912

#4891 (37th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rolf".

1912 2022 19122022

Key Statistics

Total Births
3,089
Peak Births
97
Peak Year
1960
First Recorded
1912
Peak Percentile
14.0%
Current Percentile
0.3%
Peak Rank
#387
Current Rank
#921
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Rolf

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Rolf. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 38.9% confident that Rolf is pronounced as rohlf. The next most likely pronunciation is rawlf, at 38.9% confidence.

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rohlf (1 syllable)
Verified
38.9% confidence
R OW1 L F
rawlf (1 syllable)
38.9% confidence
R AO1 L F
rahlf (1 syllable)
22.2% confidence
R AA1 L F

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Rolf. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Rolf, please vote using the thumbs up button.

ralf (1 syllable)
3 names 415.8k births
R AE1 L F
rahf (1 syllable)
1 name 23 births
R AA1 F

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like R OW1 L F) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.