Rockland
#8,774 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Rockland has been given to 271 babies in the U.S. since 1945. In 2025 it ranked #8,774 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1954, with 14 recorded.
Babies named Rockland, 2025
1 in 368,000
Rockland over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Rockland?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 368,000
- 9 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 190,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #8,774
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 255,323 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Rockland sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rockland. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Rocklands were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Rockland was born before 1973 — so the typical Rockland is around 52 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 32.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 47.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 245
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 32.8% of all recorded uses (89).
Is Rockland rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −2,033
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,825
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +622
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.13×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 64.3%
- Peak was 1954 (14)
- Years since peak
- 71
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 30.1% average annual change
Spellings of Rockland
Rockland is not the most common spelling — Roland is, with 86.4% against Rockland's 0.23%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Rockland around the world
Where Rockland ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1965–1965#574in 1965
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Rockland by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Rockland
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Rockland
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.