Rolando is an established variant of Roland that peaked in 1994 and has grown less common since.
Rolando is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,374 for boy births in the United States (and #2,894 across all names), given to 135 babies. Rolando first appears in 1916 and peaked in 1994 (473 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,374 |
| 2024 | 155 | 155 | — | #1,274 |
| 2023 | 163 | 163 | — | #1,222 |
| 2022 | 163 | 163 | — | #1,215 |
| 2021 | 172 | 172 | — | #1,160 |
| 2020 | 157 | 157 | — | #1,208 |
| 2019 | 174 | 174 | — | #1,126 |
| 2018 | 178 | 178 | — | #1,105 |
| 2017 | 194 | 194 | — | #1,041 |
| 2016 | 224 | 224 | — | #937 |
| 2015 | 217 | 222 | — | #953 |
| 2014 | 238 | 238 | — | #904 |
| 2013 | 250 | 250 | — | #857 |
| 2012 | 236 | 236 | — | #889 |
| 2011 | 277 | 282 | — | #798 |
| 2010 | 319 | 326 | — | #722 |
| 2009 | 345 | 350 | — | #699 |
| 2008 | 415 | 425 | — | #605 |
| 2007 | 452 | 462 | — | #570 |
| 2006 | 438 | 453 | — | #571 |
| 2005 | 431 | 446 | — | #555 |
| 2004 | 453 | 468 | — | #527 |
| 2003 | 405 | 419 | — | #552 |
| 2002 | 417 | 436 | — | #538 |
| 2001 | 446 | 467 | — | #509 |
| 2000 | 430 | 466 | — | #521 |
| 1999 | 365 | 395 | — | #550 |
| 1998 | 435 | 475 | — | #497 |
| 1997 | 404 | — | — | #509 |
| 1996 | 384 | — | — | #522 |
| 1995 | 446 | — | #15,218 | #489 |
| 1994 | 479 | — | #13,045 | #463 |
| 1993 | 393 | — | — | #518 |
| 1992 | 403 | — | — | #501 |
| 1991 | 391 | — | — | #502 |
| 1990 | 391 | — | #14,697 | #496 |
| 1989 | 402 | — | #10,574 | #482 |
| 1988 | 431 | — | — | #434 |
| 1987 | 415 | — | #9,558 | #440 |
| 1986 | 422 | — | — | #416 |
| 1985 | 403 | — | — | #427 |
| 1984 | 447 | — | #10,061 | #389 |
| 1983 | 429 | — | — | #389 |
| 1982 | 391 | — | #10,166 | #427 |
| 1981 | 446 | — | — | #384 |
| 1980 | 466 | — | #8,840 | #374 |
| 1979 | 460 | — | #11,483 | #378 |
| 1978 | 401 | — | #9,439 | #390 |
| 1977 | 372 | — | — | #405 |
| 1976 | 342 | — | — | #421 |
| 1975 | 423 | — | — | #375 |
| 1974 | 366 | — | #8,469 | #413 |
| 1973 | 325 | — | — | #432 |
| 1972 | 326 | — | #8,006 | #444 |
| 1971 | 348 | — | — | #438 |
| 1970 | 323 | — | — | #454 |
| 1969 | 254 | — | — | #483 |
| 1968 | 281 | — | — | #459 |
| 1967 | 270 | — | #6,616 | #467 |
| 1966 | 262 | — | — | #474 |
| 1965 | 291 | — | — | #454 |
| 1964 | 253 | — | — | #496 |
| 1963 | 252 | — | — | #508 |
| 1962 | 265 | — | — | #486 |
| 1961 | 259 | — | — | #492 |
| 1960 | 271 | — | — | #481 |
| 1959 | 224 | — | — | #527 |
| 1958 | 190 | — | — | #562 |
| 1957 | 215 | — | — | #529 |
| 1956 | 186 | — | — | #558 |
| 1955 | 170 | — | — | #570 |
| 1954 | 154 | — | — | #598 |
| 1953 | 143 | — | — | #610 |
| 1952 | 139 | — | — | #598 |
| 1951 | 123 | — | — | #639 |
| 1950 | 74 | — | — | #794 |
| 1949 | 61 | — | — | #883 |
| 1948 | 56 | — | — | #931 |
| 1947 | 61 | — | — | #897 |
| 1946 | 58 | — | — | #867 |
| 1945 | 34 | — | — | #1,138 |
| 1944 | 29 | — | — | #1,253 |
| 1943 | 30 | — | — | #1,276 |
| 1942 | 40 | — | — | #1,086 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | — | #1,580 |
| 1940 | 30 | — | — | #1,248 |
| 1939 | 17 | — | — | #1,701 |
| 1938 | 32 | — | — | #1,167 |
| 1937 | 23 | — | — | #1,437 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | — | #1,716 |
| 1935 | 22 | — | — | #1,481 |
| 1934 | 21 | — | — | #1,545 |
| 1933 | 14 | — | — | #1,983 |
| 1932 | 25 | — | — | #1,416 |
| 1931 | 16 | — | — | #1,911 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | — | #2,754 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | — | #2,081 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | — | #2,619 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | — | #3,397 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | — | #2,538 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | — | #3,106 |
| 1924 | 10 | — | — | #2,983 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | — | #4,779 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | — | #2,964 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | — | #3,450 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | — | #4,847 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | — | #4,085 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | — | #3,645 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #4,397 |