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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Rolland

Rolland was the 5796th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 353rd with 264 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 938 places. More babies were named Rolland in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#5,796 boys, down 1,676 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
16boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1928264 babies
Total since 1880
9,873babies recorded

Rolland popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1930.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#5,79616
2020#4,12025
2010#7,01412
2000#4,74716
1990#2,94122
1980#1,95129
1970#1,54231
1960#96163
1950#649115
1940#441174
1930#375229
1920#404213
1910#74817
1900#59918
1890#7279
1880#59511

How popular is Rolland, counting every spelling?

Rolland has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Rolland?

16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rolland (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rolland born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rolland.

Chance of another Rolland in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Rolland?

About 3,000 people born in the US named Rolland are alive today, with a median age of 65; half are between 43 and 78. That makes Rolland a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Rolland: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rolland, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Rolland

How popular is the name Rolland?

Rolland was the 5796th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 353rd with 264 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 938 places. More babies were named Rolland in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Rolland a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Rolland in the US.