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How popular is the name Rowland?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rowlands are alive today.
Rowland (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Roland in England and Wales, ranked 3256th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 6 babies were given the name, the 1765th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2008, with 6 babies given the name that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Roland you are most likely to meet is around 74 years old. Half of all Rolands born in England and Wales are between 55 and 80, and there are at least 14,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 4.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Roland.
How many babies are named Rowland each year?
Includes all spellings: Rowland, Roland. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Rowland spelling rank?
Where does the Roland spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Rowland most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Roland, peaked in 1904, when around 900 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Rowland spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 6 babies.
How many people are called Rowland?
At least 14,000 people named Rowland in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Rowland?
Most living Rowlands are between 55 and 80; the most common age is about 74.
Is Rowland becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.