Roland

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #607 for boys in 2025, 466 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#98
1924 · 1,822 births
Debut · boys
1880
36 births
In top 100 · boys
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
100,829
since 1880

Roland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #98, 1924boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#607466
2024—#663413
2023—#662414
2022—#608461
2021—#668405
2020—#570490
2019—#532538
2018—#545514
2017—#530534
2016—#562510
2015—#588471
2014—#610438
2013—#669360
2012—#740313
2011—#751302
2010—#769290
2009—#752304
2008—#754296
2007—#743301
2006—#782265
2005—#729277
2004—#767236
2003—#730249
2002—#735238
2001—#723242
2000—#688257
1999—#668255
1998—#677252
1997—#648254
1996—#578315
1995—#605286
1994—#571324
1993—#557332
1992—#535358
1991—#533359
1990—#507379
1989—#470405
1988—#432435
1987#11,3255#439408
1986—#444379
1985—#421413
1984—#394432
1983#6,21210#406404
1982—#401421
1981#10,4115#378455
1980—#365478
1979#8,0617#371466
1978#8,5626#348485
1977#6,8928#363472
1976#6,6118#336512
1975—#338513
1974#8,7755#337517
1973—#312561
1972—#317579
1971#5,13610#306640
1970#5,4139#285739
1969—#268770
1968—#253799
1967—#250800
1966#4,4939#238880
1965#5,2897#244933
1964#4,6369#2271,087
1963—#2301,069
1962—#2351,073
1961#4,8828#2361,132
1960#6,3905#2401,138
1959#5,5666#2351,159
1958—#2341,106
1957#5,3776#2161,210
1956—#2121,223
1955#4,3768#2021,267
1954—#1931,322
1953—#1911,281
1952#5,5635#1871,273
1951—#1841,295
1950—#1871,193
1949—#1751,221
1948—#1701,333
1947—#1661,434
1946—#1661,264
1945—#1581,184
1944#4,0546#1551,268
1943#4,6915#1501,384
1942#4,6225#1431,452
1941—#1441,286
1940#4,3495#1411,267
1939#2,30013#1311,329
1938#3,8476#1241,431
1937#3,4347#1261,317
1936#4,1815#1171,490
1935—#1191,486
1934#4,2865#1191,445
1933#3,1098#1141,474
1932#2,13015#1111,611
1931#2,58111#1071,697
1930#3,0559#1061,721
1929#2,73711#1041,730
1928#2,62312#1071,779
1927#2,02619#1091,713
1926#2,35115#1071,702
1925#4,0287#981,785
1924#2,80912#981,822
1923—#1041,678
1922#2,78012#1151,539
1921#3,16410#1071,630
1920—#1141,501
1919#3,2199#1191,355
1918—#1211,385
1917#3,7137#1171,285
1916#3,5527#1181,201
1915#4,2745#1181,137
1914—#121882
1913—#128611
1912—#126522
1911—#146230
1910—#162191
1909—#162153
1908—#151156
1907—#165132
1906—#156125
1905—#147143
1904—#142139
1903—#162107
1902—#153115
1901—#145113
1900—#156133
1899—#150101
1898—#16897
1897—#16792
1896—#17792
1895—#16097
1894—#17188
1893—#16091
1892—#19280
1891—#18469
1890—#19468
1889—#21160
1888—#25149
1887—#22449
1886—#22855
1885—#23748
1884—#25943
1883—#27536
1882—#27738
1881—#28930
1880—#28036
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Roland was already there! It came in at #280, and was given to 36 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 44 boys a year got the name.

See more about Roland
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 56 spots since 2024 (#663 → #607)
  • 37 spots since 2020 (#570 → #607)
  • 19 spots since 2015 (#588 → #607)
  • Biggest jump: 71 spots in 2013 (#740 → #669)
  • Biggest drop: 98 spots in 2021 (#570 → #668)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1924 at #98 (1,822 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1924–1925
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 613
  • Highest: 1 in 613 boys born in 1931 were named Roland (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,665 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #98 in 1924, was only 1 in 622 (0.16%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.7% of all boys named Roland (16,879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s444#211 (1889)#253
1890s875#150 (1899)#172
1900s1,316#142 (1904)#154
1910s8,799#117 (1917)#128
1920s16,879#98 (1924)#106
1930s15,001#106 (1930)#117
1940s13,093#141 (1940)#157
1950s12,329#184 (1951)#204
1960s9,681#227 (1964)#242
1970s5,484#285 (1970)#331
1980s4,230#365 (1980)#415
1990s3,114#507 (1990)#588
2000s2,665#688 (2000)#740
2010s4,270#530 (2017)#630
2020s2,649#570 (2020)#630

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Roland in 1965

girls
#5,289
7 births · 1 in 252,166 girls
boys
#244
933 births · 1 in 1,994 boys

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #5,289Roland7

Top boys' names in 1965

  1. #1Michael80,992
  2. #2John71,493
  3. #3David67,825
  4. #4James67,666
  5. #5Robert63,106
  6. #6William40,111
  7. #7Mark38,244
  8. #8Richard36,817
  9. #9Thomas31,595
  10. #10Jeffrey29,574
  11. #244Roland933
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 252,166 of them was named Roland, which outranked 29.8% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roland
  1. #4,831Zelia8
  2. #4,831Zelphia8
  3. #4,831Zondra8
  4. #5,289Roland7
  5. #5,289Abra7
  6. #5,289Adah7
  7. #5,289Adana7
  8. #5,817Adra6
  9. #5,817Adrain6
  10. #5,817Aime6

Tied with 527 names at #5,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 1,994 of them was named Roland, which outranked 94.5% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roland
  1. #241Arnold945
  2. #242Jamie944
  3. #243Shannon938
  4. #244Roland933
  5. #245Clinton919
  6. #246Robin916
  7. #247Leo902
Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 785Trace#1,655 → #870
  2. ↑ 729Darran#1,729 → #1,000
  3. ↑ 655Daryn#1,371 → #716
  4. ↑ 648Darian#1,545 → #897
  5. ↑ 512Darryn#1,327 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,557Jaimie#809 → #2,366
  2. ↓ 443Tammy#875 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 406Destry#637 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 318Dewitt#936 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 303Cassius#860 → #1,163

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1965 →