Rolando

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Rolando is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese variant of Roland, the Frankish military hero who served under Charlemagne and whose life became the basis for the medieval French epic Chanson de Roland and various other works of European literature.

From Wikipedia

Rolando first appears in the data in 1916 and has been recorded in 108 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1994 with 473 babies (rank #463 that year). In 2024 it was given to 155 boys (rank #1,271). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rolando

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rolando yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

24,380

Total babies (all years)

108

Years in the data

473

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Rolando

Rolandoassociation football player · b. 1985
Rolando Mandragoraassociation football player · b. 1997
Rolando Fonsecafutsal player · b. 1974
Rolando Bianchiassociation football player · b. 1983

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1916	5	#4,397
1918	7	#3,645
1919	6	#4,085
1920	5	#4,847
1921	8	#3,450
1922	10	#2,964
1923	5	#4,779
1924	10	#2,983
1925	9	#3,106
1926	12	#2,538
1927	8	#3,396
1928	11	#2,619
1929	15	#2,081
1930	10	#2,754
1931	16	#1,911
1932	25	#1,416
1933	14	#1,983
1934	21	#1,545
1935	22	#1,481
1936	17	#1,716
1937	23	#1,437
1938	32	#1,168
1939	17	#1,701
1940	30	#1,248
1941	20	#1,579
1942	40	#1,086
1943	30	#1,276
1944	29	#1,253
1945	34	#1,138
1946	58	#867
1947	61	#897
1948	56	#930
1949	61	#883
1950	74	#794
1951	123	#639
1952	139	#598
1953	143	#610
1954	154	#598
1955	170	#570
1956	186	#558
1957	215	#529
1958	190	#562
1959	224	#527
1960	273	#481
1961	257	#493
1962	266	#484
1963	251	#508
1964	253	#496
1965	291	#454
1966	262	#474
1967	264	#467
1968	281	#459
1969	254	#483
1970	323	#454
1971	348	#438
1972	320	#444
1973	325	#433
1974	360	#413
1975	423	#375
1976	342	#421
1977	372	#405
1978	395	#390
1979	455	#378
1980	459	#374
1981	446	#384
1982	385	#427
1983	429	#389
1984	441	#389
1985	403	#427
1986	422	#416
1987	408	#440
1988	431	#434
1989	395	#481
1990	386	#495
1991	391	#502
1992	403	#501
1993	393	#518
1994	473	#463
1995	441	#489
1996	384	#522
1997	404	#509
1998	435	#497
1999	365	#550
2000	430	#521
2001	446	#509
2002	417	#538
2003	405	#552
2004	453	#527
2005	431	#555
2006	438	#571
2007	452	#570
2008	415	#605
2009	345	#699
2010	319	#722
2011	276	#799
2012	236	#889
2013	250	#857
2014	238	#904
2015	217	#953
2016	224	#937
2017	194	#1,041
2018	178	#1,104
2019	174	#1,126
2020	157	#1,208
2021	172	#1,159
2022	163	#1,214
2023	163	#1,221
2024	155	#1,271