Rolan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROH-lan
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Rolan is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous land”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Rolan mean?
Germanic: form of Roland
“famous land”
A form of Roland, the hero of the medieval French epic The Song of Roland.
Is Rolan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rolan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rolan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Rolan, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Rolan in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rolan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Names like Rolan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Rowan, Declan, Finnegan, Raiden, Kayden, Keegan, Callan, Rogan, Brayden, Rayden, Aiden
Names related to Rolan
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rolan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rolan, updated 20 October 2026.