Name meaning & stats
Roland
Roland means “famous land” (Germanic origin). 57,672 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“famous land”
GermanicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
57,672 US babies were named Roland between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Roland (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 93% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)