Rolland
Boy · ROH-land · Germanic
Rolland is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous land”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Rolland mean?
Germanic: spelling of Roland, via French
“famous land”
A variant of Roland, the paladin of Charlemagne celebrated in the Old French Song of Roland.
- Say it
- ROH-land
Is Rolland a girl's or a boy's name?
Rolland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rolland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Rolland, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1928, with 264 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Rolland than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Rolland in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 482 boys in the US were given Rolland or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #577, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
- Roland 466
- Rolland 16
Rolland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,867 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,409 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,376 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 31 | #1,522 |
| 1969 | 39 | #1,265 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,132 |
| 1966 | 58 | #950 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,000 |
| 1964 | 65 | #945 |
| 1963 | 55 | #1,019 |
| 1962 | 56 | #1,023 |
| 1961 | 87 | #816 |
| 1960 | 63 | #950 |
| 1959 | 75 | #887 |
| 1958 | 77 | #862 |
| 1957 | 86 | #812 |
| 1956 | 95 | #752 |
| 1955 | 85 | #791 |
| 1954 | 92 | #744 |
| 1953 | 93 | #742 |
| 1952 | 92 | #732 |
| 1951 | 104 | #681 |
| 1950 | 115 | #647 |
| 1949 | 97 | #691 |
| 1948 | 119 | #620 |
| 1947 | 136 | #583 |
| 1946 | 142 | #538 |
| 1945 | 153 | #488 |
| 1944 | 157 | #482 |
| 1943 | 131 | #545 |
| 1942 | 165 | #477 |
| 1941 | 147 | #482 |
| 1940 | 174 | #440 |
| 1939 | 156 | #461 |
| 1938 | 176 | #432 |
| 1937 | 201 | #389 |
| 1936 | 184 | #403 |
| 1935 | 151 | #461 |
| 1934 | 226 | #361 |
| 1933 | 200 | #383 |
| 1932 | 189 | #409 |
| 1931 | 207 | #392 |
| 1930 | 229 | #374 |
| 1929 | 245 | #362 |
| 1928 | 264 | #352 |
| 1927 | 232 | #391 |
| 1926 | 226 | #393 |
| 1925 | 232 | #392 |
| 1924 | 231 | #402 |
| 1923 | 220 | #405 |
| 1922 | 213 | #412 |
| 1921 | 206 | #421 |
| 1920 | 213 | #404 |
| 1919 | 176 | #444 |
| 1918 | 193 | #418 |
| 1917 | 179 | #424 |
| 1916 | 180 | #417 |
| 1915 | 145 | #456 |
| 1914 | 111 | #454 |
| 1913 | 71 | #510 |
| 1912 | 83 | #428 |
| 1911 | 31 | #533 |
| 1910 | 17 | #729 |
| 1909 | 24 | #530 |
| 1908 | 15 | #685 |
| 1907 | 15 | #664 |
| 1906 | 19 | #523 |
| 1905 | 18 | #549 |
| 1904 | 16 | #566 |
| 1903 | 19 | #487 |
| 1902 | 26 | #388 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 18 | #578 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 18 | #485 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 15 | #525 |
| 1891 | 11 | #564 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 17 | #446 |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 17 | #450 |
| 1883 | 17 | #433 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
Nicknames for Rolland
- Rollie 13 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Rolland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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