Rowland

#5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births

Peak · boys
1903 · 19 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,279
since 1880

Rowland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rowland has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #487, 1903boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,60816
2024#5,90415
2023#4,61022
2022#3,69130
2021#4,24724
2020#5,04118
2019#4,48022
2018#4,73920
2017#4,46622
2016#4,94319
2015#4,89019
2014#4,26323
2013#6,60312
2012#5,48216
2011—
2010#8,8038
2009#5,80015
2008#5,76715
2007#6,62212
2006#5,30316
2005#11,4725
2004#6,97610
2003#5,55813
2002#7,0559
2001#6,9359
2000#8,2097
1999#5,65611
1998#5,15912
1997#6,6188
1996#4,61313
1995#6,4078
1994#5,45210
1993#3,81916
1992#4,56412
1991#2,75324
1990#3,16619
1989#3,20518
1988#4,45010
1987#3,73112
1986#3,13115
1985#2,94216
1984#2,82416
1983#2,57718
1982#3,10814
1981#2,41820
1980#3,09814
1979#3,01814
1978#2,56817
1977#2,79115
1976#1,99924
1975#2,06522
1974#2,05021
1973#2,51315
1972#2,32316
1971#1,82324
1970#2,39915
1969#1,52628
1968#1,61424
1967#1,28734
1966#1,45028
1965#1,18941
1964#1,31136
1963#1,15145
1962#1,08250
1961#1,05954
1960#1,25239
1959#1,03455
1958#1,06052
1957#1,10048
1956#98657
1955#98858
1954#98557
1953#1,01551
1952#1,05547
1951#1,01748
1950#98949
1949#1,01347
1948#1,03746
1947#96854
1946#89754
1945#86452
1944#97444
1943#92352
1942#88855
1941#1,04039
1940#98243
1939#86750
1938#79960
1937#1,01639
1936#94043
1935#85054
1934#79261
1933#86052
1932#81262
1931#82558
1930#80265
1929#76370
1928#81864
1927#81167
1926#79368
1925#83264
1924#72683
1923#77772
1922#75477
1921#76077
1920#73279
1919#89855
1918#74874
1917#62390
1916#64183
1915#70569
1914#74550
1913#74539
1912#85427
1911#82416
1910#70718
1909#67916
1908—
1907#81511
1906#70912
1905#1,2335
1904#8109
1903#48719
1902#65112
1901#9436
1900#62316
1899#61311
1898#7449
1897#9426
1896#55114
1895—
1894#66810
1893#1,0355
1892#1,0665
1891#59710
1890#8147
1889#62810
1888#8157
1887#8196
1886#8456
1885#57711
1884#9715
1883—
1882#7547
1881—
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rowland was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Rowland is popular in 1956

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #512 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,249 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedHITexas: #996 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 24,776 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Rowland, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#512 · 1 in 9,249
  2. Texas#996 · 1 in 24,776

Best ever in a state: #254 in Kansas, 1916.

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Texas#99651 in 24,776
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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 Rowland
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 296 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #5,608)
  • 567 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #5,608)
  • 718 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #5,608)
  • Biggest jump: 524 spots in 1906 (#1,233 → #709)
  • Biggest drop: 469 spots in 1892 (#597 → #1,066)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1903 at #487 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1909–1936
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,275
  • Highest: 1 in 6,275 boys born in 1903 were named Rowland (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.8% of all boys named Rowland (721) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s57#577 (1885)#790
1890s77#551 (1896)#781
1900s106#487 (1903)#772
1910s521#623 (1917)#749
1920s721#726 (1924)#777
1930s544#792 (1934)#856
1940s486#864 (1945)#959
1950s522#985 (1954)#1,023
1960s379#1,059 (1961)#1,292
1970s183#1,823 (1971)#2,355
1980s153#2,418 (1981)#3,148
1990s133#2,753 (1991)#4,821
2000s111#5,303 (2006)#6,970
2010s161#4,263 (2014)#5,408
2020s125#3,691 (2022)#4,850

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.

Rowland in 1956

boys
#986
57 births · 1 in 37,111 boys

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #986Rowland57
More about 1956

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 37,111 of them was named Rowland, which outranked 77.9% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rowland
  1. #977Reese58
  2. #977Trevor58
  3. #977Williams58
  4. #986Rowland57
  5. #986Adan57
  6. #986Arlin57
  7. #986Bartholomew57
  8. #999Arnulfo56
  9. #999Brice56
  10. #999Desmond56

Tied with 12 names at #986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,847Jace#2,764 → #917
  2. ↑ 678Rich#1,572 → #894
  3. ↑ 590Broderick#1,273 → #683
  4. ↑ 559Elvis#921 → #362
  5. ↑ 513Tracey#1,419 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Adolphus#906 → #1,257
  2. ↓ 336Randolf#949 → #1,285
  3. ↓ 279Cordell#792 → #1,071
  4. ↓ 272Rudolfo#885 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 269Aurelio#949 → #1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956 →