Roland

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Roland is a masculine Frankish given name that is also used as a family name. Forms in other languages include: Orlando, Rolando, Roldรกn, Lรณrรกnt and Lorรกnd.

From Wikipedia

Roland first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 382 babies (rank #68 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Roland

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

7,654
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
382
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195587#158
1956121#130
1957136#121
1958153#111
1959169#104
1960212#92
1961226#91
1962246#88
1963289#80
1964321#80
1965335#78
1966352#75
1967318#77
1968369#65
1969338#80
1970382#68
1971318#76
1972302#73
1973265#76
1974220#84
1975195#94
1976189#99
1977192#97
1978175#108
1979144#127
1980150#128
1981134#138
1982107#164
1983110#153
198494#171
1985103#160
198686#192
198793#186
198887#194
198968#241
199082#222
199173#243
199257#295
199347#330
199451#312
199533#419
199630#454
199731#448
199829#465
199922#539
200011#743
200117#603
200214#669
200310#799
20047#885
20058#838
20066#932
20074#1,100
20086#918
20099#761
20104#1,062
20114#1,002
20127#841
20133#1,102
20143#1,008