# Rolanda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rolanda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,417 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 3,386 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Roland with feminine suffix?

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 60 | 2,236 |
| 1996 | 34 | 3,416 |
| 1997 | 22 | 4,784 |
| 1998 | 18 | 5,754 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11,151 |
| 2000 | 21 | 5,457 |
| 2001 | 15 | 7,244 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,908 |
| 2003 | 12 | 8,948 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10,524 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16,032 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13,357 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13,670 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,661 |
| 2015 | 6 | 16,041 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5 | 4,623 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,104 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,597 |
| 1988 | 5 | 8,263 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,706 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,331 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |

## People named Rolanda

- Tichina Arnold, American actress
- Rolonda Watts, American television talk show host

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.