Rolland
Rolland was given to 16 boys in 2025, #5,794 among boys’ names; 9,873 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,990 Americans named Rolland and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 43 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rolland by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Rolland?
#5,794 among boys’ names, 2025
Rolland fell from #4,856 in 2015 to #5,794 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 10.4 to 9.4 per million.
264 babies in 1928, the peak
Rolland peaked in 1928, when 264 boys were given it, #353 among boys’ names. The 16 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,794 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,840 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,311 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,980 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,595 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,116 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,204 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,864 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,305 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,509 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | #4,856 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 14 | #6,242 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,594 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,820 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,945 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 12 | #7,008 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #8,171 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,998 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,852 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 8 | #9,389 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 9 | #8,159 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 6 | #11,057 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,700 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,660 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #8,149 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,740 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,252 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #8,270 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,576 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,641 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 16 | #4,004 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,303 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,616 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,711 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,334 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,935 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,295 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,292 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,535 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,761 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,163 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,684 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 27 | #2,003 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,199 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,077 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,951 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,896 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 25 | #2,005 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,862 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,747 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,436 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,396 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,499 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,324 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 31 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 39 | #1,276 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,277 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,149 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 58 | #958 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,010 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 65 | #951 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 55 | #1,024 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 56 | #1,026 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 87 | #820 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 63 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 75 | #891 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 77 | #865 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 86 | #814 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 95 | #754 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 85 | #798 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 92 | #747 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 93 | #742 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 92 | #737 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 104 | #685 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 115 | #648 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 97 | #695 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 119 | #623 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 136 | #583 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 142 | #538 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 153 | #488 | 0.11 |
| 1944 | 157 | #486 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 131 | #549 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 165 | #477 | 0.12 |
| 1941 | 147 | #482 | 0.12 |
| 1940 | 174 | #441 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 156 | #461 | 0.14 |
| 1938 | 176 | #432 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 201 | #390 | 0.19 |
| 1936 | 184 | #403 | 0.18 |
| 1935 | 151 | #463 | 0.15 |
| 1934 | 226 | #362 | 0.22 |
| 1933 | 200 | #383 | 0.20 |
| 1932 | 189 | #409 | 0.18 |
| 1931 | 207 | #393 | 0.20 |
| 1930 | 229 | #375 | 0.21 |
| 1929 | 245 | #364 | 0.23 |
| 1928 | 264 | #353 | 0.24 |
| 1927 | 232 | #391 | 0.21 |
| 1926 | 226 | #394 | 0.20 |
| 1925 | 232 | #393 | 0.21 |
| 1924 | 231 | #402 | 0.20 |
| 1923 | 220 | #405 | 0.20 |
| 1922 | 213 | #412 | 0.20 |
| 1921 | 206 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1920 | 213 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1919 | 176 | #446 | 0.18 |
| 1918 | 193 | #419 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 179 | #425 | 0.19 |
| 1916 | 180 | #417 | 0.20 |
| 1915 | 145 | #458 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 111 | #457 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 71 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1912 | 83 | #430 | 0.19 |
| 1911 | 31 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 17 | #748 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 24 | #542 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 15 | #707 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 15 | #693 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 19 | #539 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 18 | #565 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 16 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 19 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 26 | #403 | 0.21 |
| 1901 | 15 | #527 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 18 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 10 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 18 | #502 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 15 | #545 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 20 | #455 | 0.17 |
| 1895 | 9 | #787 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 8 | #845 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 12 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 15 | #537 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 11 | #585 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 9 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 17 | #461 | 0.15 |
| 1888 | 13 | #577 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 9 | #672 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 8 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 8 | #753 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 17 | #467 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 17 | #446 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 7 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 5 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 11 | #595 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rolland a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rolland has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rolland: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rolland, and how old are they?
2,990 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 30% of the 9,873 Americans ever recorded as Rolland. The median Rolland alive today is 65 years old; half are between 43 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 3,574 people named Rolland (18 women and girls, 3,556 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,610 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 576 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 505 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 333 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 192 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 271 |
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 Rolland born?
The states with the most babies named Rolland are Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 887 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Michigan | 691 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Illinois | 530 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Minnesota | 514 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| California | 396 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Nebraska | 382 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| Iowa | 350 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Wisconsin | 347 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Indiana | 342 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New York | 338 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Rolland is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rolland is most over-represented in Nebraska: since 1910 it was given 3.7 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 Rolland with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Rolland?
Rolland is a less common spelling of Roland: SSA has recorded 9,873 Rolland and 101,191 Roland since 1880.
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 111,064 babies since 1880, Rolland is the second most given (8.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 16 of their 482 babies (3.3%), again the second 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 Rolland
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 Rolland and names like it
- Compare Rolland and RolandBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sRolland peaked in 1928.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rolland since 1910.
- The top names of 1928The year the most babies were named Rolland.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rolland alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.