Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Rowland

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1917

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19172024

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

83.3%

2024

All-time

4,263

Rowland 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 1917, when 90 boys were named Rowland.

In 2024, only 15 boys were given the name.

Down 83.3% from its peak.

All told, about 4,263 Americans have been named Rowland and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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