Rolando
Rolando was given to 135 boys in 2025, #1,374 among boys’ names; 24,516 Americans have been recorded with it since 1916 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 22,100 Americans named Rolando and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 22 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rolando by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rolando mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Rolando is “a male given name from Proto-Germanic”
From Old French Roland, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland.
/roˈlando/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rolando?
#1,374 among boys’ names, 2025
Rolando fell from #953 in 2015 to #1,374 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.11 to 0.08 per 1,000.
479 babies in 1994, the peak
Rolando peaked in 1994, when 479 babies were given it (473 boys, #463 among boys’ names). The 135 births of 2025 are 28% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #1,374 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 155 | #1,274 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | 163 | #1,222 | 0.10 |
| 2022 | 163 | #1,215 | 0.09 |
| 2021 | 172 | #1,160 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 157 | #1,208 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 174 | #1,126 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 178 | #1,105 | 0.10 |
| 2017 | 194 | #1,041 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 224 | #937 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 217 | #953 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 238 | #904 | 0.12 |
| 2013 | 250 | #857 | 0.13 |
| 2012 | 236 | #889 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 277 | #798 | 0.15 |
| 2010 | 319 | #722 | 0.17 |
| 2009 | 345 | #699 | 0.17 |
| 2008 | 415 | #605 | 0.20 |
| 2007 | 452 | #570 | 0.22 |
| 2006 | 438 | #571 | 0.21 |
| 2005 | 431 | #555 | 0.22 |
| 2004 | 453 | #527 | 0.23 |
| 2003 | 405 | #552 | 0.21 |
| 2002 | 417 | #538 | 0.21 |
| 2001 | 446 | #509 | 0.23 |
| 2000 | 430 | #521 | 0.22 |
| 1999 | 365 | #550 | 0.19 |
| 1998 | 435 | #497 | 0.23 |
| 1997 | 404 | #509 | 0.21 |
| 1996 | 384 | #522 | 0.20 |
| 1995 | 441 | #489 | 0.23 |
| 1994 | 473 | #463 | 0.24 |
| 1993 | 393 | #518 | 0.20 |
| 1992 | 403 | #501 | 0.20 |
| 1991 | 391 | #502 | 0.19 |
| 1990 | 386 | #495 | 0.19 |
| 1989 | 395 | #482 | 0.20 |
| 1988 | 431 | #434 | 0.23 |
| 1987 | 408 | #440 | 0.22 |
| 1986 | 422 | #416 | 0.23 |
| 1985 | 403 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1984 | 441 | #389 | 0.24 |
| 1983 | 429 | #389 | 0.24 |
| 1982 | 385 | #427 | 0.21 |
| 1981 | 446 | #384 | 0.25 |
| 1980 | 459 | #374 | 0.26 |
| 1979 | 455 | #378 | 0.26 |
| 1978 | 395 | #390 | 0.24 |
| 1977 | 372 | #405 | 0.23 |
| 1976 | 342 | #421 | 0.22 |
| 1975 | 423 | #375 | 0.27 |
| 1974 | 360 | #413 | 0.23 |
| 1973 | 325 | #432 | 0.21 |
| 1972 | 320 | #444 | 0.20 |
| 1971 | 348 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1970 | 323 | #454 | 0.17 |
| 1969 | 254 | #483 | 0.14 |
| 1968 | 281 | #459 | 0.16 |
| 1967 | 264 | #467 | 0.15 |
| 1966 | 262 | #474 | 0.15 |
| 1965 | 291 | #454 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 253 | #496 | 0.13 |
| 1963 | 252 | #508 | 0.12 |
| 1962 | 265 | #486 | 0.13 |
| 1961 | 259 | #492 | 0.12 |
| 1960 | 271 | #481 | 0.13 |
| 1959 | 224 | #527 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 190 | #561 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 215 | #528 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 186 | #557 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 170 | #569 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 154 | #597 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 143 | #609 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 139 | #597 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 123 | #638 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 74 | #793 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 61 | #882 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 56 | #930 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 61 | #896 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 58 | #867 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,137 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,253 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,276 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,086 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,580 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,701 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,167 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,437 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,716 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,481 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,545 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,983 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,416 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,911 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,752 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,080 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,619 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,396 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,537 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,104 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,982 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,776 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,963 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,449 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,845 | under 0.01 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,084 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,644 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,395 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rolando a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rolando has been given almost only to boys: 78 girls in 109 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rolando: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rolando, and how old are they?
22,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 24,516 Americans ever recorded as Rolando. The median Rolando alive today is 36 years old; half are between 22 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 39,805 people named Rolando (77 women and girls, 39,728 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 21,823 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 94 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,220 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,890 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,340 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,160 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,400 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rolando born?
The states with the most babies named Rolando are Texas, California and Florida, with 90% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 51 | #608 | 5.2× |
| California | 26 | #899 | 1.5× |
| Florida | 9 | #1,333 | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,509 | 0.3× |
| Kansas | 5 | #677 | 0.1× |
Where Rolando is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rolando is most over-represented in Texas: since 1916 it was given 5.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rolando with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 24,600 babies since 1880, Rolando is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 135 of their 135 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rolando
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rolando and names like it
- Compare Rolando and RolondoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sRolando peaked in 1994.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rolando since 1910.
- The top names of 1994The year the most babies were named Rolando.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Rolando alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.