Rolan
- #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · boys
- 1923 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,084since 1915
Rolan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rolan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #5,470 | 17 |
| 2022 | #3,774 | 29 |
| 2021 | #3,427 | 33 |
| 2020 | #4,141 | 24 |
| 2019 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #4,098 | 25 |
| 2015 | #4,711 | 20 |
| 2014 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #4,326 | 20 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Rolan! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rolan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Rolan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Rolan
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 828 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #5,399)
- 1,258 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #5,399)
- 688 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #5,399)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1923 at #1,874 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1926, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 53,015
- Highest: 1 in 53,015 boys born in 2021 were named Rolan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,874 in 1923, was only 1 in 60,895 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 18.4% of all boys named Rolan (199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | #2,385 (1919) | #2,950 |
| 1920s | 99 | #1,874 (1923) | #2,683 |
| 1930s | 105 | #1,964 (1936) | #2,356 |
| 1940s | 72 | #2,009 (1945) | #2,579 |
| 1950s | 78 | #2,287 (1953) | #2,864 |
| 1960s | 52 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,578 |
| 1970s | 37 | #3,606 (1977) | #4,185 |
| 1980s | 92 | #2,942 (1987) | #4,695 |
| 1990s | 46 | #5,096 (1991) | #6,754 |
| 2000s | 128 | #4,326 (2005) | #5,949 |
| 2010s | 199 | #4,094 (2018) | #4,851 |
| 2020s | 142 | #3,427 (2021) | #4,464 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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