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Baby name
Roland
Boy
Origin of the name
Roland comes from the Germanic hrod, “glory,” and land, “land.” It is the name of the hero of the Song of Roland, nephew of Charlemagne, who died at Roncevaux.
Classic name
100,829births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 98rank at its peak, in 1924
Where babies named Roland are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Roland is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Roland is most common in Maine (7.7 times), New Hampshire (6.9) and Rhode Island (5.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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