Roland

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Roland: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Roland: Recorded since 1946, it reached #169 in 1967, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
86times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#169highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#818
1997	#1010
1998	#1188
1999	#1027
2000	#1330
2001	#1135
2002	#1799
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#1377
2006	#1280
2007	#1666
2008	#1828
2009	#1358
2010	#1551
2011	#1522
2012	#3416
2013	#1183
2014	#1117
2015	#1380
2016	#1123
2017	#1470
2018	#958
2019	#1189
2020	#1230
2021	#871
2022	#1143
2023	#1243
2024	#1132

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 33 of the 70 years from 1946 to 2015.

In 2022: #657 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1143 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #351 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #169 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Roland appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 178 births with the name.

Roland across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Roland's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#351 (1946)	#310 (1955)	#537 (2015)	33 of 70	178 (1946–2015)	11 (1975)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#204 (1964)	#169 (1967)	#829 (2025)	24 of 62	126 (1964–2025)	10 (1967)
England and Wales · Boys	#818 (1996)	#818 (1996)	#1132 (2024)	29 of 29	495 (1996–2024)	35 (2021)

Roland by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Roland in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	5	1 of 10	5
1950s	34	6 of 10	6
1960s	50	10 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	47	7 of 10	7
1980s	21	4 of 10	5
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Roland appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #169 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Roland's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1132	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1243	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#871	35	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1230	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1189	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#958	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1010	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#818	18	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#537	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#562	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#568	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#539	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#630	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#510	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#641	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#655	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#550	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#534	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#624	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#463	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#380	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#475	8	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#565	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#546	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#584	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#517	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#475	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#545	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#418	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#464	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#520	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#504	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#445	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#462	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#442	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#341	8	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#444	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#437	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#310	8	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#393	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#351	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	10	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#270	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	10	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	5	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #169, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 50 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rokas · #346, 21y
Roksana · #370, 18y
Rolandas · #262, 27y
Rolf · #14, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Blaithin · #169, 58y
Renata · #169, 59y
Silvia · #169, 66y
Oonagh · #171, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Christel · #170, 54y
Elly · #170, 47y
Signy · #170, 35y
Ann-Karin · #171, 39y

Roland was ranked #169 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Roland and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Roland without appearing here.

Roland moved ahead of

Roger Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1183 and #3822.
Courtney Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1183 and #2403.
Glenn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1183 and #2403.
Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1230 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #871 and #1984.

Moved ahead of Roland

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1135 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #848.
Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1330 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #907.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1280 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1666 and #926.
Fionn Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1135 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #1128.

Moved the opposite way to Roland

Aksel Compare
Between 1946 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Roland went from #351 to #537 while Aksel went from #171 to #10.
Alfred Compare
Between 1946 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Roland went from #351 to #537 while Alfred went from #142 to #49.
Andreas Compare
Between 1946 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Roland went from #351 to #537 while Andreas went from #121 to #42.
Christian Compare
Between 1946 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Roland went from #351 to #537 while Christian went from #156 to #80.

Moved the same way as Roland

Anders Compare
Between 1946 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Roland went from #351 to #537 and Anders from #64 to #170.
Arne Compare
Between 1946 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Roland went from #351 to #537 and Arne from #5 to #251.
Arthur Compare
Between 1946 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Roland went from #351 to #537 and Arthur from #122 to #195.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1946 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Roland went from #351 to #537 and Bjørn from #3 to #158.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #169 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Roland

Roland at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Roland across 3 official records

Roland by decade in Norway · Boys

Roland appears in

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Roland at a glance

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Roland by decade in Norway · Boys

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Roland moved ahead of

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