Rowland — #5883 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rowland

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,263 babies named Rowland between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rowland currently holds the #5883 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 90 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rowland performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 721 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rowland shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 216 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rowland in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rowland 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 4,263 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.