Rolanda
Rolanda is a female given name which may refer to:Rolanda Chagrin, Israeli actress Rolanda Bell, Panamanian steeplechase runner Rolanda Hooch, fictional character in Harry Potter series
Meaning & Origin of Rolanda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rolanda is a female given name which may refer to:Rolanda Chagrin, Israeli actress Rolanda Bell, Panamanian steeplechase runner Rolanda Hooch, fictional character in Harry Potter series
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The Story of Rolanda
Rolanda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1944, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1971: 176 births, good for #798 nationwide. About 37% of every Rolanda on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Rolanda last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Rolanda
Rolanda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1944 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Rolanda's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #798. Use the chart and map above to compare Rolanda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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