Roland
Roland is ranked 663rd among boys in 2024 (413 births). Its best rank was 98th, in 1924–1925.
- Rank in 2024
- #663down 2 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4130.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19241,822 births
- Best rank
- #98first in 1924
- Since 1880
- 100,364people given the name
The story in the numbers
100,364 boys have been named Roland in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 1,822 births — 0.16% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 610 → 663).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1945, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Roland | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 444 | |
| 1890s | 875 | |
| 1900s | 1,316 | |
| 1910s | 8,799 | |
| 1920s | 16,879 | |
| 1930s | 15,001 | |
| 1940s | 13,093 | |
| 1950s | 12,330 | |
| 1960s | 9,682 | |
| 1970s | 5,484 | |
| 1980s | 4,230 | |
| 1990s | 3,114 | |
| 2000s | 2,665 | |
| 2010s | 4,270 | |
| 2020s | 2,182 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Roland was the 98th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Roland
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Lylepeak 1922
- Alvinpeak 1927
- Vernonpeak 1920
- Melvinpeak 1928
- Arnoldpeak 1924
- Mervinpeak 1920
- Myronpeak 1930
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.