Roland has been given to about 101,191 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1924, which makes it a interwar name.
Roland ranks 608th among American boys in 2025, with 466 born that year. Its best year was 1924, when 1,834 babies were given the name, ranking 98th. The typical living American called Roland is about 65 years old today. It is relatively most common in Maine, where it accounts for 0.10% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.