first name
ROLAND
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 51,667 people named Roland, 60.1% reported their origin as White, 16.9% as Black and 13.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Roland peaked in 1924, when 1,834 babies got the name.
At least 101,191 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Roland by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #255. The largest share of babies named Roland, 26.2%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Roland is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Roland has been most common in Maine (7.7×), New Hampshire (6.9×), and Rhode Island (5.4×), and least common in Nevada (0.2×).
94,396 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Roland
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roland, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Roland ranks #1,941 of 156,621, with 18,139 people. See Roland as a last name
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