The name Rowland is of Germanic origin, and means famous land.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Rowland has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Rowland
Use of the Name Rowland for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
2,362
58
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Rowland has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Rowland first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1882, which is the first year shown on the table.
Rowland last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1955, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Rowland
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1882
823
7
1883
1884
1885
600
11
1886
945
6
1887
899
6
1888
903
7
1889
664
10
1890
868
7
1891
629
10
1892
1893
1894
719
10
1895
1896
586
14
1897
1898
793
9
1899
652
11
1900
644
16
1901
1902
680
12
1903
501
19
1904
865
9
1905
1906
747
12
1907
856
11
1908
1909
707
16
1910
727
18
1911
853
16
1912
872
27
1913
758
39
1914
749
50
1915
714
69
1916
647
83
1917
627
90
1918
751
74
1919
903
55
1920
732
80
1921
762
77
1922
762
77
1923
777
73
1924
735
82
1925
834
64
1926
800
68
1927
826
66
1928
827
64
1929
769
70
1930
796
66
1931
830
58
1932
815
62
1933
876
51
1934
791
62
1935
862
53
1936
948
43
1937
1938
803
60
1939
883
50
1940
991
43
1941
1942
890
56
1943
928
52
1944
997
43
1945
875
52
1946
916
53
1947
964
55
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
991
58
Totals:
2,362
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Rowland as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Rowland appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 56 times during the last 125 years.