first name
ROLANDO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 39,805 people named Rolando, 83.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 11.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rolando peaked in 1994, when 479 babies got the name.
At least 24,516 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.
Rolando by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #905. The largest share of babies named Rolando, 27.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Rolando is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rolando has been most common in Texas (6.5×), California (2.1×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.05×).
20,961 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 Rolando
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rolando, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rolando ranks #27,513 of 156,621, with 928 people. See Rolando as a last name
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