Rowland
Rowland is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. Its best rank was 500th, in 1903.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191790 births
- Best rank
- #500in 1903
- Since 1880
- 4,263people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,263 boys have been named Rowland in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 90 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 58 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rowland | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 57 | |
| 1890s | 77 | |
| 1900s | 106 | |
| 1910s | 521 | |
| 1920s | 721 | |
| 1930s | 544 | |
| 1940s | 486 | |
| 1950s | 522 | |
| 1960s | 379 | |
| 1970s | 183 | |
| 1980s | 153 | |
| 1990s | 133 | |
| 2000s | 111 | |
| 2010s | 161 | |
| 2020s | 109 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Rowland was the 628th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1917 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Rowland
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Herschelpeak 1921
- Floydpeak 1926
- Earlpeak 1921
- Basilpeak 1924
- Edmonpeak 1924
- Lambertpeak 1918
- Clementpeak 1918
- Waltonpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.