Rowland
Rowland was given to 16 boys in 2025, #5,796 among boys’ names; 4,279 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,760 Americans named Rowland and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (41% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 31 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rowland by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rowland mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rowland is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Roland.”
/ˈɹəʊlənd/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rowland?
#5,796 among boys’ names, 2025
Rowland fell from #5,017 in 2015 to #5,796 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 9.9 to 9.4 per million.
90 babies in 1917, the peak
Rowland peaked in 1917, when 90 boys were given it, #628 among boys’ names. The 16 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,796 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 15 | #6,122 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,710 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,752 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,338 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,187 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,608 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,885 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,563 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 19 | #5,094 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | #5,017 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,366 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,936 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,667 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #9,494 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #6,023 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,999 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,996 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,475 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 5 | #12,971 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 10 | #7,412 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,814 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,508 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,395 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,940 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,962 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,395 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #7,140 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,823 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,855 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,790 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,973 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,800 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,803 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,276 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,296 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,713 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,919 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,239 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 16 | #3,050 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,927 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,653 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,253 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,477 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,218 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,133 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,647 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,885 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 24 | #2,040 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,119 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,111 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,582 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,403 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,853 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,488 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,557 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,636 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,307 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,480 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,202 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,324 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,160 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 50 | #1,088 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,065 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,265 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,044 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,068 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,113 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 57 | #997 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 58 | #992 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 57 | #990 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,021 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,063 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,036 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 49 | #1,002 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,024 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 46 | #1,043 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 54 | #973 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 54 | #906 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 52 | #881 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 44 | #986 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 52 | #931 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 55 | #898 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,044 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 43 | #992 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 50 | #883 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 60 | #805 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,029 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 43 | #946 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 54 | #857 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 61 | #797 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 52 | #867 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 62 | #815 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 58 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 65 | #808 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 70 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 64 | #825 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 67 | #820 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 68 | #800 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 64 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 83 | #728 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 72 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 77 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 77 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 79 | #736 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 55 | #905 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 74 | #752 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 90 | #628 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 83 | #646 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 69 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 50 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 39 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 27 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 16 | #852 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 18 | #727 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 16 | #707 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 11 | #856 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 12 | #747 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,391 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 9 | #865 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 19 | #500 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 12 | #679 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,037 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 16 | #644 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 11 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 9 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,037 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 14 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 10 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,157 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,225 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 10 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 7 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 10 | #664 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 7 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 6 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 6 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 11 | #598 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1882 | 7 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,036 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rowland a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rowland has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 141 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rowland: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rowland, and how old are they?
1,760 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 41% of the 4,279 Americans ever recorded as Rowland. The median Rowland alive today is 59 years old; half are between 31 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 2,013 people named Rowland (24 women and girls, 1,989 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,900 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 173 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 622 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 307 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 229 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 163 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 260 |
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 Rowland born?
The states with the most babies named Rowland are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 63% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 216 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 215 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 117 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 78 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 71 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 52 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 32 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 29 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 21 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
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 Rowland with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rowland
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 Rowland and names like it
- Compare Rowland and EldridgeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sRowland peaked in 1917.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rowland since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Rowland.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rowland alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.