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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Roland” in the USA?

Number of people named “Roland” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Roland” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Roland” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Roland” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Roland” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Roland” by birth year

This chart shows how “Roland” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 36 0.000178674 36 -100%
1881 30 0.000155692 30 -100%
1882 38 0.000171532 38 -100%
1883 36 0.00016594 36 -100%
1884 43 0.00017662 43 -100%
1885 48 0.000199291 48 -100%
1886 55 0.000215419 55 -100%
1887 49 0.000198066 49 -100%
1888 49 0.00016362 49 -100%
1889 60 0.000207651 60 -100%
1890 68 0.000225613 68 -100%
1891 69 0.000240692 69 -100%
1892 80 0.000239253 80 -100%
1893 91 0.000279808 91 -100%
1894 88 0.000259825 88 -100%
1895 97 0.000276338 97 -100%
1896 92 0.000257354 92 -100%
1897 92 0.000265163 92 -100%
1898 97 0.00025429 97 -100%
1899 101 0.00029773 101 -100%
1900 133 0.000295386 133 -100%
1901 113 0.000326767 113 -100%
1902 115 0.000297363 115 -100%
1903 107 0.000280693 107 -100%
1904 139 0.000344499 139 -100%
1905 143 0.000337326 143 -100%
1906 125 0.000291749 125 -100%
1907 132 0.000283633 132 -100%
1908 156 0.000319248 156 -100%
1909 153 0.000299282 153 -100%
1910 191 0.000323339 191 -100%
1911 230 0.000356989 230 -100%
1912 522 0.000528307 522 -100%
1913 611 0.000537327 611 -100%
1914 882 0.00062273 882 -100%
1915 1142 0.000623218 5 1137 -99%
1916 1208 0.000624478 7 1201 -99%
1917 1292 0.000643827 7 1285 -99%
1918 1385 0.000637922 1385 -100%
1919 1364 0.00064637 9 1355 -99%
1920 1501 0.000663384 1501 -100%
1921 1640 0.000702504 10 1630 -99%
1922 1551 0.000677542 12 1539 -98%
1923 1678 0.000728779 1678 -100%
1924 1834 0.000770067 12 1822 -99%
1925 1792 0.00076801 7 1785 -99%
1926 1717 0.000747853 15 1702 -98%
1927 1732 0.000746758 19 1713 -98%
1928 1791 0.000792149 12 1779 -99%
1929 1741 0.000794193 11 1730 -99%
1930 1729 0.000777677 9 1720 -99%
1931 1709 0.000812113 11 1698 -99%
1932 1626 0.000770145 15 1611 -98%
1933 1482 0.000741205 8 1474 -99%
1934 1450 0.000698184 5 1445 -99%
1935 1486 0.000711039 1486 -100%
1936 1495 0.000719588 5 1490 -99%
1937 1324 0.000621401 7 1317 -99%
1938 1437 0.00064947 6 1431 -99%
1939 1342 0.000609047 13 1329 -98%
1940 1272 0.000552399 5 1267 -99%
1941 1287 0.000528233 1287 -100%
1942 1456 0.000532978 5 1451 -99%
1943 1389 0.000492107 5 1384 -99%
1944 1274 0.000473592 6 1268 -99%
1945 1184 0.000446302 1184 -100%
1946 1264 0.00039558 1264 -100%
1947 1434 0.000398077 1434 -100%
1948 1333 0.000386095 1333 -100%
1949 1221 0.000350381 1221 -100%
1950 1193 0.00034053 1193 -100%
1951 1295 0.000351545 1295 -100%
1952 1279 0.000336756 5 1274 -99%
1953 1281 0.000332413 1281 -100%
1954 1323 0.000332353 1323 -100%
1955 1275 0.000317553 8 1267 -99%
1956 1223 0.000296626 1223 -100%
1957 1216 0.000289376 6 1210 -99%
1958 1106 0.000267544 1106 -100%
1959 1164 0.000279943 6 1158 -99%
1960 1144 0.000275409 5 1139 -99%
1961 1140 0.000275209 8 1132 -99%
1962 1072 0.000265651 1072 -100%
1963 1070 0.000270325 1070 -100%
1964 1096 0.000281922 9 1087 -98%
1965 941 0.000259554 7 934 -99%
1966 888 0.000255491 9 879 -98%
1967 800 0.000235648 800 -100%
1968 799 0.000236502 799 -100%
1969 770 0.000221562 770 -100%
1970 748 0.000207402 9 739 -98%
1971 650 0.000189374 10 640 -97%
1972 579 0.000184219 579 -100%
1973 562 0.000186285 562 -100%
1974 521 0.000171382 5 516 -98%
1975 513 0.000169902 513 -100%
1976 520 0.000171374 8 512 -97%
1977 480 0.00015111 8 472 -97%
1978 491 0.000154701 6 485 -98%
1979 473 0.00014217 7 466 -97%
1980 478 0.000138772 478 -100%
1981 460 0.000132972 5 455 -98%
1982 421 0.000120013 421 -100%
1983 414 0.000119538 10 404 -95%
1984 432 0.000123826 432 -100%
1985 414 0.000115995 414 -100%
1986 379 0.000106548 379 -100%
1987 413 0.000114544 5 408 -98%
1988 434 0.000117455 434 -100%
1989 405 0.000105347 405 -100%
1990 379 0.000095889 379 -100%
1991 359 0.000092163 359 -100%
1992 358 0.000093198 358 -100%
1993 332 0.000088057 332 -100%
1994 324 0.000087152 324 -100%
1995 286 0.000078096 286 -100%
1996 315 0.000086368 315 -100%
1997 254 0.000070054 254 -100%
1998 252 0.000068512 252 -100%
1999 255 0.000069033 255 -100%
2000 257 0.000067991 257 -100%
2001 242 0.000064647 242 -100%
2002 238 0.000063665 238 -100%
2003 249 0.000065486 249 -100%
2004 236 0.000061765 236 -100%
2005 277 0.000072045 277 -100%
2006 265 0.000066984 265 -100%
2007 301 0.000075294 301 -100%
2008 296 0.000075305 296 -100%
2009 304 0.000079578 304 -100%
2010 290 0.000078469 290 -100%
2011 302 0.000082563 302 -100%
2012 313 0.000085581 313 -100%
2013 360 0.000098747 360 -100%
2014 438 0.000118175 438 -100%
2015 471 0.000127266 471 -100%
2016 510 0.000139014 510 -100%
2017 534 0.000149321 534 -100%
2018 514 0.000146193 514 -100%
2019 538 0.000155002 538 -100%
2020 489 0.000146382 489 -100%
2021 405 0.000119541 405 -100%
2022 461 0.000136264 461 -100%
2023 414 0.00012503 414 -100%
2024 413 0.00012408 413 -100%

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