Rolando
Boy · roh-LAHN-doh · Germanic
Rolando is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous land”. In 2025 it ranked 1,370th for boys in the US (135 babies).
What does Rolando mean?
Germanic: Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Roland
“famous land”
The equivalent of Roland, hero of the medieval French epic The Song of Roland.
- Say it
- roh-LAHN-doh
Is Rolando a girl's or a boy's name?
Rolando is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 135 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rolando in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,370among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 135about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 135 boys in the US were named Rolando, making it the 1,370th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,203rd. Its busiest year was 1994, with 473 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer boys named Rolando than any year since 1951.
Half of all the boys named Rolando in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rolando in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #1,370 |
| 2024 | 155 | #1,271 |
| 2023 | 163 | #1,217 |
| 2022 | 163 | #1,213 |
| 2021 | 172 | #1,158 |
| 2020 | 157 | #1,203 |
| 2019 | 174 | #1,123 |
| 2018 | 178 | #1,101 |
| 2017 | 194 | #1,036 |
| 2016 | 224 | #935 |
| 2015 | 217 | #951 |
| 2014 | 238 | #904 |
| 2013 | 250 | #857 |
| 2012 | 236 | #888 |
| 2011 | 277 | #797 |
| 2010 | 319 | #720 |
| 2009 | 345 | #696 |
| 2008 | 415 | #604 |
| 2007 | 452 | #569 |
| 2006 | 438 | #571 |
| 2005 | 431 | #555 |
| 2004 | 453 | #527 |
| 2003 | 405 | #552 |
| 2002 | 417 | #537 |
| 2001 | 446 | #509 |
| 2000 | 430 | #520 |
| 1999 | 365 | #550 |
| 1998 | 435 | #496 |
| 1997 | 404 | #507 |
| 1996 | 384 | #521 |
| 1995 | 441 | #489 |
| 1994 | 473 | #463 |
| 1993 | 393 | #517 |
| 1992 | 403 | #501 |
| 1991 | 391 | #498 |
| 1990 | 386 | #494 |
| 1989 | 395 | #481 |
| 1988 | 431 | #434 |
| 1987 | 408 | #439 |
| 1986 | 422 | #415 |
| 1985 | 403 | #427 |
| 1984 | 441 | #389 |
| 1983 | 429 | #387 |
| 1982 | 385 | #426 |
| 1981 | 446 | #383 |
| 1980 | 459 | #373 |
| 1979 | 455 | #376 |
| 1978 | 395 | #390 |
| 1977 | 372 | #405 |
| 1976 | 342 | #421 |
| 1975 | 423 | #375 |
| 1974 | 360 | #413 |
| 1973 | 325 | #432 |
| 1972 | 320 | #444 |
| 1971 | 348 | #438 |
| 1970 | 323 | #454 |
| 1969 | 254 | #481 |
| 1968 | 281 | #459 |
| 1967 | 264 | #467 |
| 1966 | 262 | #474 |
| 1965 | 291 | #453 |
| 1964 | 253 | #496 |
| 1963 | 252 | #507 |
| 1962 | 265 | #485 |
| 1961 | 259 | #489 |
| 1960 | 271 | #481 |
| 1959 | 224 | #527 |
| 1958 | 190 | #560 |
| 1957 | 215 | #527 |
| 1956 | 186 | #555 |
| 1955 | 170 | #566 |
| 1954 | 154 | #596 |
| 1953 | 143 | #606 |
| 1952 | 139 | #593 |
| 1951 | 123 | #634 |
| 1950 | 74 | #790 |
| 1949 | 61 | #877 |
| 1948 | 56 | #922 |
| 1947 | 61 | #888 |
| 1946 | 58 | #862 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,121 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,074 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,227 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,403 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,387 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Names like Rolando
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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