Rowland
#5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,279since 1880
Rowland over time
Rank among boys' names. Rowland has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | #4,610 | 22 |
| 2022 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #4,247 | 24 |
| 2020 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #4,480 | 22 |
| 2018 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #2,418 | 20 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #1,287 | 34 |
| 1966 | #1,450 | 28 |
| 1965 | #1,189 | 41 |
| 1964 | #1,311 | 36 |
| 1963 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1962 | #1,082 | 50 |
| 1961 | #1,059 | 54 |
| 1960 | #1,252 | 39 |
| 1959 | #1,034 | 55 |
| 1958 | #1,060 | 52 |
| 1957 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1956 | #986 | 57 |
| 1955 | #988 | 58 |
| 1954 | #985 | 57 |
| 1953 | #1,015 | 51 |
| 1952 | #1,055 | 47 |
| 1951 | #1,017 | 48 |
| 1950 | #989 | 49 |
| 1949 | #1,013 | 47 |
| 1948 | #1,037 | 46 |
| 1947 | #968 | 54 |
| 1946 | #897 | 54 |
| 1945 | #864 | 52 |
| 1944 | #974 | 44 |
| 1943 | #923 | 52 |
| 1942 | #888 | 55 |
| 1941 | #1,040 | 39 |
| 1940 | #982 | 43 |
| 1939 | #867 | 50 |
| 1938 | #799 | 60 |
| 1937 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1936 | #940 | 43 |
| 1935 | #850 | 54 |
| 1934 | #792 | 61 |
| 1933 | #860 | 52 |
| 1932 | #812 | 62 |
| 1931 | #825 | 58 |
| 1930 | #802 | 65 |
| 1929 | #763 | 70 |
| 1928 | #818 | 64 |
| 1927 | #811 | 67 |
| 1926 | #793 | 68 |
| 1925 | #832 | 64 |
| 1924 | #726 | 83 |
| 1923 | #777 | 72 |
| 1922 | #754 | 77 |
| 1921 | #760 | 77 |
| 1920 | #732 | 79 |
| 1919 | #898 | 55 |
| 1918 | #748 | 74 |
| 1917 | #623 | 90 |
| 1916 | #641 | 83 |
| 1915 | #705 | 69 |
| 1914 | #745 | 50 |
| 1913 | #745 | 39 |
| 1912 | #854 | 27 |
| 1911 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | #707 | 18 |
| 1909 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #487 | 19 |
| 1902 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #623 | 16 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #551 | 14 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #597 | 10 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #577 | 11 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rowland was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Rowland
- 296 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #5,608)
- 567 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #5,608)
- 718 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #5,608)
- Biggest jump: 524 spots in 1906 (#1,233 → #709)
- Biggest drop: 469 spots in 1892 (#597 → #1,066)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1903 at #487 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1909–1936
- Highest: 1 in 6,275 boys born in 1903 were named Rowland (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Rowland (721) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 57 | #577 (1885) | #790 |
| 1890s | 77 | #551 (1896) | #781 |
| 1900s | 106 | #487 (1903) | #772 |
| 1910s | 521 | #623 (1917) | #749 |
| 1920s | 721 | #726 (1924) | #777 |
| 1930s | 544 | #792 (1934) | #856 |
| 1940s | 486 | #864 (1945) | #959 |
| 1950s | 522 | #985 (1954) | #1,023 |
| 1960s | 379 | #1,059 (1961) | #1,292 |
| 1970s | 183 | #1,823 (1971) | #2,355 |
| 1980s | 153 | #2,418 (1981) | #3,148 |
| 1990s | 133 | #2,753 (1991) | #4,821 |
| 2000s | 111 | #5,303 (2006) | #6,970 |
| 2010s | 161 | #4,263 (2014) | #5,408 |
| 2020s | 125 | #3,691 (2022) | #4,850 |
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.
Rowland in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
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2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 35,515 of them was named Rowland, which outranked 77.5% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).