Rolanda
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #14,482 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 176 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,386since 1944
Rolanda over time
Rank among girls' names. Rolanda has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
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| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
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| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,361 | 34 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,216 | 60 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,798 | 80 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #2,492 | 48 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #2,251 | 50 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #2,048 | 52 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,382 | 40 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #1,900 | 56 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,714 | 66 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,570 | 74 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,569 | 73 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,265 | 97 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,052 | 125 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,026 | 121 | — | |
| 1975 | #910 | 143 | — | |
| 1974 | #935 | 133 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,015 | 115 | — | |
| 1972 | #967 | 125 | — | |
| 1971 | #798 | 176 | — | |
| 1970 | #920 | 140 | — | |
| 1969 | #955 | 125 | — | |
| 1968 | #974 | 114 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #1,172 | 82 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,072 | 96 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,145 | 86 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,334 | 71 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,489 | 56 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,690 | 45 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,004 | 34 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,856 | 35 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,705 | 40 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,520 | 49 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,423 | 50 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,540 | 39 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Rolanda! It came in at #4,574, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2008–2009, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Rolanda is popular in 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#429 · 1 in 2,817
- Virginia#462 · 1 in 3,842
- Mississippi#486 · 1 in 3,037
- Georgia#568 · 1 in 4,412
- Ohio#631 · 1 in 6,736
Best ever in a state: #298 in New Mexico, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #429 | 6 | 1 in 2,817 |
| Virginia | #462 | 7 | 1 in 3,842 |
| Mississippi | #486 | 5 | 1 in 3,037 |
| Georgia | #568 | 7 | 1 in 4,412 |
| Ohio | #631 | 10 | 1 in 6,736 |
| North Carolina | #657 | 5 | 1 in 6,398 |
| Florida | #777 | 6 | 1 in 6,828 |
| Michigan | #828 | 6 | 1 in 9,068 |
| Texas | #866 | 12 | 1 in 8,058 |
| Illinois | #950 | 7 | 1 in 9,988 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rolanda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1968 (#1,172 → #974)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1972 (#798 → #967)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1971 at #798 (176 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1968–1972
- Highest: 1 in 9,454 girls born in 1971 were named Rolanda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,516 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 36.9% of all girls named Rolanda (1,248) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 70 | #2,255 (1948) | #3,187 |
| 1950s | 359 | #1,423 (1955) | #1,836 |
| 1960s | 744 | #955 (1969) | #1,376 |
| 1970s | 1,248 | #798 (1971) | #1,046 |
| 1980s | 507 | #1,570 (1980) | #2,182 |
| 1990s | 356 | #1,798 (1994) | #4,211 |
| 2000s | 89 | #5,312 (2000) | #10,064 |
| 2010s | 13 | #13,448 (2010) | #13,965 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rolanda in 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
More about 1976
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1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 12,108 of them was named Rolanda, which outranked 90.6% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,022Melodie122
- #1,022Patsy122
- #1,022Sheena122
- #1,026Rolanda121
- #1,026Cherilyn121
- #1,026Corrina121
- #1,026Nicola121
- #1,032Angella120
- #1,032Frankie120
- #1,032Penelope120
Tied with 5 names at #1,026; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.