Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Roland

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Roland
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

1,822

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

77.3%

2024

413

All-time

100,364

Roland has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 1,822 boys were named Roland.

In 2024, only 413 boys were given the name.

Down 77.3% from its peak.

All told, about 100,364 Americans have been named Roland and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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