Meaning not yet researched.
Roland: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 466 in 2025. Its best rank was #98 in 1925.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #98 in 1925; #608 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Roland in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#608 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1925, at #98.
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Roland: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 466 boys in 2025. Peak: #98 in 1925 · most boys in one year: 1,822 (1924).
In 2025, 466 US boys were named Roland, making it the 608th most common boys’ name of the year, up 56 places from #664 in 2024. That is 53 more than the 413 boys named Roland in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #98, reached in 1925. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,822, in 1924. For comparison, it was #588 in 2015 and #187 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Roland in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 36 babies with the name. In all, 101,191 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 16,977 babies named Roland.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,745 US boys were named Roland; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 538. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,665 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Roland ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #198 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Orlando (49,696 babies since 1880), Rolando (24,516 babies since 1880) and Rolland (9,873 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rolande and Rollande are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lanny, Orlando, Rollo and Rolly.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rolande (467), Rollande (68).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 7 | #198 | — |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #372 | #657 |
| Utah | 12 | #404 | #502 |
| Michigan | 18 | #479 | #529 |
| Illinois | 22 | #481 | #731 |
| Colorado | 12 | #494 | #675 |
| Minnesota | 11 | #504 | #267 |
| Missouri | 12 | #511 | #555 |
| Tennessee | 15 | #517 | #584 |
| Alabama | 10 | #519 | #515 |
| Washington | 14 | #525 | #492 |
| Indiana | 13 | #540 | #881 |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #543 | #529 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #596 | — |
| Kentucky | 7 | #614 | #589 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #614 | — |
| Georgia | 17 | #617 | #982 |
| Ohio | 16 | #619 | #492 |
| Texas | 50 | #620 | #567 |
| Arizona | 11 | #621 | #715 |
| North Carolina | 15 | #637 | #882 |
| Florida | 24 | #677 | #533 |
| California | 40 | #696 | #567 |
| Virginia | 10 | #718 | #343 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #751 | — |
| Maryland | 6 | #791 | #443 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #878 | #547 |
| New York | 16 | #879 | #885 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,007 | #944 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 466 | #608 |
| 2024 | — | — | 413 | #664 |
| 2023 | — | — | 414 | #662 |
| 2022 | — | — | 461 | #609 |
| 2021 | — | — | 405 | #668 |
| 2020 | — | — | 490 | #570 |
| 2019 | — | — | 538 | #532 |
| 2018 | — | — | 514 | #545 |
| 2017 | — | — | 534 | #530 |
| 2016 | — | — | 510 | #562 |
| 2015 | — | — | 471 | #588 |
| 2014 | — | — | 438 | #610 |
| 2013 | — | — | 360 | #670 |
| 2012 | — | — | 313 | #741 |
| 2011 | — | — | 302 | #751 |
| 2010 | — | — | 290 | #771 |
| 2009 | — | — | 304 | #753 |
| 2008 | — | — | 296 | #754 |
| 2007 | — | — | 301 | #745 |
| 2006 | — | — | 265 | #783 |
| 2005 | — | — | 277 | #732 |
| 2004 | — | — | 236 | #772 |
| 2003 | — | — | 249 | #733 |
| 2002 | — | — | 238 | #736 |
| 2001 | — | — | 242 | #725 |
| 2000 | — | — | 257 | #690 |
| 1999 | — | — | 255 | #669 |
| 1998 | — | — | 252 | #678 |
| 1997 | — | — | 254 | #648 |
| 1996 | — | — | 315 | #579 |
| 1995 | — | — | 286 | #606 |
| 1994 | — | — | 324 | #571 |
| 1993 | — | — | 332 | #558 |
| 1992 | — | — | 358 | #536 |
| 1991 | — | — | 359 | #535 |
| 1990 | — | — | 379 | #507 |
| 1989 | — | — | 405 | #470 |
| 1988 | — | — | 435 | #432 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,771 | 408 | #439 |
| 1986 | — | — | 379 | #445 |
| 1985 | — | — | 413 | #421 |
| 1984 | — | — | 432 | #395 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,590 | 404 | #406 |
| 1982 | — | — | 421 | #403 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,720 | 455 | #379 |
| 1980 | — | — | 478 | #365 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,748 | 466 | #371 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,438 | 485 | #348 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,388 | 472 | #363 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,110 | 512 | #337 |
| 1975 | — | — | 513 | #338 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,844 | 517 | #338 |
| 1973 | — | — | 561 | #313 |
| 1972 | — | — | 579 | #317 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,433 | 640 | #306 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,720 | 739 | #286 |
| 1969 | — | — | 770 | #269 |
| 1968 | — | — | 799 | #253 |
| 1967 | — | — | 800 | #250 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,783 | 880 | #238 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,695 | 933 | #244 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,919 | 1,087 | #227 |
| 1963 | — | — | 1,069 | #230 |
| 1962 | — | — | 1,073 | #235 |
| 1961 | 8 | #5,206 | 1,132 | #236 |
| 1960 | 5 | #7,107 | 1,138 | #240 |
| 1959 | 6 | #6,084 | 1,159 | #236 |
| 1958 | — | — | 1,106 | #234 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,939 | 1,210 | #216 |
| 1956 | — | — | 1,223 | #212 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,661 | 1,267 | #202 |
| 1954 | — | — | 1,322 | #193 |
| 1953 | — | — | 1,281 | #191 |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,242 | 1,273 | #187 |
| 1951 | — | — | 1,295 | #184 |
| 1950 | — | — | 1,193 | #187 |
| 1949 | — | — | 1,221 | #175 |
| 1948 | — | — | 1,333 | #170 |
| 1947 | — | — | 1,434 | #166 |
| 1946 | — | — | 1,264 | #166 |
| 1945 | — | — | 1,184 | #158 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,467 | 1,268 | #155 |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,243 | 1,384 | #150 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,239 | 1,452 | #143 |
| 1941 | — | — | 1,286 | #144 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,903 | 1,267 | #141 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,386 | 1,329 | #131 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,256 | 1,431 | #124 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,730 | 1,317 | #126 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,751 | 1,490 | #118 |
| 1935 | — | — | 1,486 | #119 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,850 | 1,445 | #119 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,363 | 1,474 | #114 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,218 | 1,611 | #111 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,727 | 1,697 | #107 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,287 | 1,721 | #107 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,887 | 1,730 | #104 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,739 | 1,779 | #107 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,084 | 1,713 | #109 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,449 | 1,702 | #107 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,364 | 1,785 | #98 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,943 | 1,822 | #98 |
| 1923 | — | — | 1,678 | #104 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,930 | 1,539 | #115 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,357 | 1,630 | #107 |
| 1920 | — | — | 1,501 | #114 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,414 | 1,355 | #119 |
| 1918 | — | — | 1,385 | #121 |
| 1917 | 7 | #4,023 | 1,285 | #117 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,862 | 1,201 | #118 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,839 | 1,137 | #118 |
| 1914 | — | — | 882 | #121 |
| 1913 | — | — | 611 | #128 |
| 1912 | — | — | 522 | #127 |
| 1911 | — | — | 230 | #147 |
| 1910 | — | — | 191 | #163 |
| 1909 | — | — | 153 | #163 |
| 1908 | — | — | 156 | #151 |
| 1907 | — | — | 132 | #165 |
| 1906 | — | — | 125 | #157 |
| 1905 | — | — | 143 | #147 |
| 1904 | — | — | 139 | #142 |
| 1903 | — | — | 107 | #162 |
| 1902 | — | — | 115 | #153 |
| 1901 | — | — | 113 | #145 |
| 1900 | — | — | 133 | #157 |
| 1899 | — | — | 101 | #152 |
| 1898 | — | — | 97 | #168 |
| 1897 | — | — | 92 | #170 |
| 1896 | — | — | 92 | #177 |
| 1895 | — | — | 97 | #161 |
| 1894 | — | — | 88 | #172 |
| 1893 | — | — | 91 | #161 |
| 1892 | — | — | 80 | #193 |
| 1891 | — | — | 69 | #185 |
| 1890 | — | — | 68 | #198 |
| 1889 | — | — | 60 | #216 |
| 1888 | — | — | 49 | #251 |
| 1887 | — | — | 49 | #226 |
| 1886 | — | — | 55 | #230 |
| 1885 | — | — | 48 | #239 |
| 1884 | — | — | 43 | #263 |
| 1883 | — | — | 36 | #278 |
| 1882 | — | — | 38 | #281 |
| 1881 | — | — | 30 | #293 |
| 1880 | — | — | 36 | #281 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).