Rolande — girls' name
467 babies named Rolande in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Rolande was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Rolande in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rolande
The Social Security Administration has registered 467 babies named Rolande between 1913 and 1963, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rolande currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rolande performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rolande shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 146 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In total, SSA state-level files list Rolande in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rolande in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 467 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rolande at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rolande popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1913
- Peak year (1924)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
467 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 25 births in a single year.
Rolande by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 154 births that decade — 33% of Rolande's all-time total
Rolande decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 121 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rolande's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Rolande by state
Where Rolande concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maine | | 146 | 31.3% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 22 | 4.7% |
| #3 | New Hampshire | | 18 | 3.9% |
146 of 467 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Maine 31.3% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 4.7% of nationwide
- New Hampshire 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maine accounts for 31.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.