Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Roland

#316 most common boys' name of all time · #694 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#316
Rank overall
#694 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
101,191
Since 2016
4,745
Peak year
1924 #98
Best rank
#98 1924
Girls Boys peak 1,834/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Roland is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 466 466 #607
2024 — 413 413 #663
2023 — 414 414 #662
2022 — 461 461 #608
2021 — 405 405 #668
2020 — 490 490 #570
2019 — 538 538 #532
2018 — 514 514 #545
2017 — 534 534 #530
2016 — 510 510 #562
2015 — 471 471 #588
2014 — 438 438 #610
2013 — 360 360 #669
2012 — 313 313 #740
2011 — 302 302 #751
2010 — 290 290 #770
2009 — 304 304 #752
2008 — 296 296 #754
2007 — 301 301 #744
2006 — 265 265 #782
2005 — 277 277 #729
2004 — 236 236 #767
2003 — 249 249 #731
2002 — 238 238 #735
2001 — 242 242 #723
2000 — 257 257 #688
1999 — 255 255 #668
1998 — 252 252 #677
1997 — 254 254 #648
1996 — 315 315 #579
1995 — 286 286 #605
1994 — 324 324 #571
1993 — 332 332 #557
1992 — 358 358 #536
1991 — 359 359 #533
1990 — 379 379 #507
1989 — 405 405 #470
1988 — 435 435 #432
1987 5 408 413 #439
1986 — 379 379 #444
1985 — 413 413 #421
1984 — 432 432 #395
1983 10 404 414 #406
1982 — 421 421 #401
1981 5 455 460 #378
1980 — 478 478 #365
1979 7 466 473 #371
1978 6 485 491 #348
1977 8 472 480 #363
1976 8 512 520 #337
1975 — 513 513 #338
1974 5 517 522 #337
1973 — 561 561 #312
1972 — 579 579 #317
1971 10 640 650 #306
1970 9 739 748 #286
1969 — 770 770 #269
1968 — 799 799 #253
1967 — 800 800 #250
1966 9 880 889 #238
1965 7 933 940 #244
1964 9 1,087 1,096 #227
1963 — 1,069 1,069 #230
1962 — 1,073 1,073 #235
1961 8 1,132 1,140 #236
1960 5 1,138 1,143 #240
1959 6 1,159 1,165 #236
1958 — 1,106 1,106 #234
1957 6 1,210 1,216 #216
1956 — 1,223 1,223 #212
1955 8 1,267 1,275 #202
1954 — 1,322 1,322 #193
1953 — 1,281 1,281 #191
1952 5 1,273 1,278 #187
1951 — 1,295 1,295 #184
1950 — 1,193 1,193 #187
1949 — 1,221 1,221 #175
1948 — 1,333 1,333 #170
1947 — 1,434 1,434 #166
1946 — 1,264 1,264 #166
1945 — 1,184 1,184 #158
1944 6 1,268 1,274 #155
1943 5 1,384 1,389 #150
1942 5 1,452 1,457 #143
1941 — 1,286 1,286 #144
1940 5 1,267 1,272 #141
1939 13 1,329 1,342 #131
1938 6 1,431 1,437 #124
1937 7 1,317 1,324 #126
1936 5 1,490 1,495 #118
1935 — 1,486 1,486 #119
1934 5 1,445 1,450 #119
1933 8 1,474 1,482 #114
1932 15 1,611 1,626 #111
1931 11 1,697 1,708 #107
1930 9 1,721 1,730 #107
1929 11 1,730 1,741 #105
1928 12 1,779 1,791 #107
1927 19 1,713 1,732 #109
1926 15 1,702 1,717 #107
1925 7 1,785 1,792 #98
1924 12 1,822 1,834 #98
1923 — 1,678 1,678 #104
1922 12 1,539 1,551 #115
1921 10 1,630 1,640 #107
1920 — 1,501 1,501 #114
1919 9 1,355 1,364 #119
1918 — 1,385 1,385 #121
1917 7 1,285 1,292 #117
1916 7 1,201 1,208 #118
1915 5 1,137 1,142 #118
1914 — 882 882 #121
1913 — 611 611 #128
1912 — 522 522 #127
1911 — 230 230 #149
1910 — 191 191 #163
1909 — 153 153 #163
1908 — 156 156 #152
1907 — 132 132 #165
1906 — 125 125 #159
1905 — 143 143 #147
1904 — 139 139 #142
1903 — 107 107 #162
1902 — 115 115 #153
1901 — 113 113 #145
1900 — 133 133 #156
1899 — 101 101 #151
1898 — 97 97 #168
1897 — 92 92 #170
1896 — 92 92 #177
1895 — 97 97 #161
1894 — 88 88 #172
1893 — 91 91 #161
1892 — 80 80 #194
1891 — 69 69 #185
1890 — 68 68 #197
1889 — 60 60 #215
1888 — 49 49 #251
1887 — 49 49 #225
1886 — 55 55 #230
1885 — 48 48 #240
1884 — 43 43 #263
1883 — 36 36 #277
1882 — 38 38 #280
1881 — 30 30 #290
1880 — 36 36 #281