girls:
3.4k births since 1944
#2974 (48th percentile)
boys:
31 births since 1968
#4555 (1st percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1944
#4679 (40th percentile)
The name Rolanda is the #4,679 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,417 recorded births since 1944. This represents the 39.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,974 (48.0% percentile) for all time with 3,386 births since 1944. For boys, it ranks #4,555 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 31 births since 1968.
Rolanda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1944 (1944 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Rolanda is available in 66 out of the 72 years between 1944 and 2015 (66 years for girls and 6 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rolanda has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Rolanda reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 22.3% percentile (ranked #598) with 100 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 100 births per million (ranked 22.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.
For boys, Rolanda reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #752) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rolanda".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rolanda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.2% confident that Rolanda is pronounced as roh-LAHN-duh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is roh-LAN-duh, at 48.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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