Rolando
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #1,370 for boys in 2025, 135 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 459 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 24,438since 1916
Rolando over time
Rank among boys' names. Rolando has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,370 | 135 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,271 | 155 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,217 | 163 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,213 | 163 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,158 | 172 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,203 | 157 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,123 | 174 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,101 | 178 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,036 | 194 | |
| 2016 | — | #935 | 224 | |
| 2015 | — | #951 | 217 | |
| 2014 | — | #904 | 238 | |
| 2013 | — | #857 | 250 | |
| 2012 | — | #888 | 236 | |
| 2011 | — | #797 | 277 | |
| 2010 | — | #720 | 319 | |
| 2009 | — | #696 | 345 | |
| 2008 | — | #604 | 415 | |
| 2007 | — | #569 | 452 | |
| 2006 | — | #571 | 438 | |
| 2005 | — | #555 | 431 | |
| 2004 | — | #527 | 453 | |
| 2003 | — | #552 | 405 | |
| 2002 | — | #537 | 417 | |
| 2001 | — | #509 | 446 | |
| 2000 | — | #520 | 430 | |
| 1999 | — | #550 | 365 | |
| 1998 | — | #496 | 435 | |
| 1997 | — | #507 | 404 | |
| 1996 | — | #521 | 384 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #489 | 441 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #463 | 473 |
| 1993 | — | #517 | 393 | |
| 1992 | — | #501 | 403 | |
| 1991 | — | #498 | 391 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #495 | 386 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #481 | 395 |
| 1988 | — | #434 | 431 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #439 | 408 |
| 1986 | — | #415 | 422 | |
| 1985 | — | #427 | 403 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #389 | 441 |
| 1983 | — | #387 | 429 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #426 | 385 |
| 1981 | — | #383 | 446 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #373 | 459 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #376 | 455 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #390 | 395 |
| 1977 | — | #405 | 372 | |
| 1976 | — | #421 | 342 | |
| 1975 | — | #375 | 423 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #413 | 360 |
| 1973 | — | #432 | 325 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #444 | 320 |
| 1971 | — | #438 | 348 | |
| 1970 | — | #454 | 323 | |
| 1969 | — | #481 | 254 | |
| 1968 | — | #459 | 281 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #467 | 264 |
| 1966 | — | #474 | 262 | |
| 1965 | — | #453 | 291 | |
| 1964 | — | #496 | 253 | |
| 1963 | — | #507 | 252 | |
| 1962 | — | #485 | 265 | |
| 1961 | — | #489 | 259 | |
| 1960 | — | #481 | 271 | |
| 1959 | — | #527 | 224 | |
| 1958 | — | #561 | 190 | |
| 1957 | — | #528 | 215 | |
| 1956 | — | #556 | 186 | |
| 1955 | — | #567 | 170 | |
| 1954 | — | #597 | 154 | |
| 1953 | — | #607 | 143 | |
| 1952 | — | #594 | 139 | |
| 1951 | — | #635 | 123 | |
| 1950 | — | #791 | 74 | |
| 1949 | — | #878 | 61 | |
| 1948 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1947 | — | #889 | 61 | |
| 1946 | — | #862 | 58 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,122 | 34 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,235 | 29 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,074 | 40 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,227 | 30 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,149 | 32 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,403 | 23 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,387 | 25 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,436 | 12 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rolando! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rolando is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#152 · 1 in 738
- California#261 · 1 in 1,920
- Florida#280 · 1 in 2,040
- New Mexico#290 · 1 in 1,682
- Illinois#329 · 1 in 3,053
Best ever in a state: #129 in Texas, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #152 | 156 | 1 in 738 |
| California | #261 | 88 | 1 in 1,920 |
| Florida | #280 | 25 | 1 in 2,040 |
| New Mexico | #290 | 6 | 1 in 1,682 |
| Illinois | #329 | 26 | 1 in 3,053 |
| New Jersey | #338 | 12 | 1 in 3,449 |
| Wisconsin | #348 | 6 | 1 in 5,355 |
| New York | #397 | 26 | 1 in 4,241 |
| Michigan | #587 | 6 | 1 in 10,708 |
| Ohio | #675 | 5 | 1 in 15,414 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rolando
- 99 spots since 2024 (#1,271 → #1,370)
- 167 spots since 2020 (#1,203 → #1,370)
- 419 spots since 2015 (#951 → #1,370)
- Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1946 (#1,122 → #862)
- Biggest drop: 101 spots in 2017 (#935 → #1,036)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1980 at #373 (459 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 35 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1946–2016
- Highest: 1 in 3,691 boys born in 1975 were named Rolando (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,652 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #373 in 1980, was only 1 in 3,887 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.3% of all boys named Rolando (4,232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | #3,368 (1918) | #3,667 |
| 1920s | 93 | #2,002 (1929) | #3,041 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,149 (1938) | #1,652 |
| 1940s | 419 | #862 (1946) | #1,100 |
| 1950s | 1,618 | #527 (1959) | #596 |
| 1960s | 2,652 | #453 (1965) | #479 |
| 1970s | 3,663 | #375 (1975) | #415 |
| 1980s | 4,219 | #373 (1980) | #415 |
| 1990s | 4,075 | #463 (1994) | #504 |
| 2000s | 4,232 | #509 (2001) | #564 |
| 2010s | 2,307 | #720 (2010) | #931 |
| 2020s | 945 | #1,158 (2021) | #1,239 |
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.
Rolando in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 255,310 of them was named Rolando, which outranked 25.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,649Yomaira7
- #7,649Yoshika7
- #7,649Yumeka7
- #8,562Rolando6
- #8,562Aba6
- #8,562Adama6
- #8,562Adebola6
- #9,750Abena5
- #9,750Abigayle5
- #9,750Abrian5
Tied with 1,187 names at #8,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 4,157 of them was named Rolando, which outranked 94.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.