# Rowland (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rowland/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹəʊlənd/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,279 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,279 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 53, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 9,501 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,673 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,941 |
| 2014 | 23 | 4,369 |
| 2015 | 19 | 5,019 |
| 2016 | 19 | 5,098 |
| 2017 | 22 | 4,567 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,889 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,612 |
| 2020 | 18 | 5,191 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,342 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,754 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,714 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,127 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,798 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 1,765 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Rowland

- Rowland Hill, English educational, social and postal reformer (1795-1879)
- Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, British Army general (1772-1842)
- Rowland V. Lee, film director (1891-1975)
- Rowland Wolfe, American gymnast (1914–2010)
- Rowland S. Howard, Australian musician and songwriter (1959–2009)
- Rowland George, British rower (1905-1997)
- Rowland Biffen, British botanist (1874-1949)
- Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle, English cricketer (1851-1937)
- Nick Cassavetes, American film actor, director, and screenwriter
- Kele Okereke, English singer, songwriter and guitarist
- David Langford, British writer
- Bernard Crick, British political theorist and democratic socialist (1929-2008)

## 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.