Rodrigo
Rodrigo was given to 614 boys in 2025, #492 among boys’ names; 27,759 Americans have been recorded with it since 1918 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 26,400 Americans named Rodrigo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 12 and 31.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rodrigo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rodrigo mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Rodrigo is “a male given name, equivalent to English Roderick” Its etymology gives the sense “famous ruler” (literally).
From Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*hrōþireiks), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks (literally “famous ruler”).
/roˈdɾiɡo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rodrigo?
#492 among boys’ names, 2025
Rodrigo fell from #460 in 2015 to #492 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 0.34 to 0.36 per 1,000.
1,177 babies in 2007, the peak
Rodrigo peaked in 2007, when 1,177 boys were given it, #291 among boys’ names. The 614 births of 2025 are 52% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 614 | #492 | 0.36 |
| 2024 | 640 | #485 | 0.37 |
| 2023 | 607 | #497 | 0.35 |
| 2022 | 562 | #532 | 0.32 |
| 2021 | 494 | #571 | 0.28 |
| 2020 | 482 | #577 | 0.28 |
| 2019 | 548 | #521 | 0.31 |
| 2018 | 573 | #501 | 0.32 |
| 2017 | 566 | #513 | 0.31 |
| 2016 | 592 | #507 | 0.31 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 661 | #460 | 0.34 |
| 2014 | 576 | #489 | 0.30 |
| 2013 | 710 | #418 | 0.38 |
| 2012 | 639 | #434 | 0.34 |
| 2011 | 650 | #422 | 0.34 |
| 2010 | 676 | #415 | 0.35 |
| 2009 | 812 | #376 | 0.41 |
| 2008 | 1,014 | #326 | 0.50 |
| 2007 | 1,177 | #291 | 0.57 |
| 2006 | 823 | #363 | 0.40 |
| 2005 | 731 | #392 | 0.37 |
| 2004 | 700 | #387 | 0.35 |
| 2003 | 736 | #362 | 0.37 |
| 2002 | 665 | #392 | 0.34 |
| 2001 | 694 | #378 | 0.36 |
| 2000 | 680 | #383 | 0.35 |
| 1999 | 724 | #361 | 0.38 |
| 1998 | 511 | #445 | 0.27 |
| 1997 | 514 | #437 | 0.27 |
| 1996 | 616 | #378 | 0.33 |
| 1995 | 605 | #386 | 0.32 |
| 1994 | 423 | #489 | 0.22 |
| 1993 | 434 | #484 | 0.22 |
| 1992 | 464 | #467 | 0.23 |
| 1991 | 376 | #513 | 0.19 |
| 1990 | 378 | #507 | 0.18 |
| 1989 | 252 | #626 | 0.13 |
| 1988 | 231 | #622 | 0.12 |
| 1987 | 193 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1986 | 231 | #587 | 0.13 |
| 1985 | 183 | #648 | 0.10 |
| 1984 | 187 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1983 | 210 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 222 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 200 | #605 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 179 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 166 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 187 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 162 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1976 | 174 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1975 | 153 | #668 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 144 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 159 | #627 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 114 | #743 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 95 | #835 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 108 | #794 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 72 | #902 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 57 | #982 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 60 | #942 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 55 | #990 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 57 | #985 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 69 | #919 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 66 | #927 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 60 | #994 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,171 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,113 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,241 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,201 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,383 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,104 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,212 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,110 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,502 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,316 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,290 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,163 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,370 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,423 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,545 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,465 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,914 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,516 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,819 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,030 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,886 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,360 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,858 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,803 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,480 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,916 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,819 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,908 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,582 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,944 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,442 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,634 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,649 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,668 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,117 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,487 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,804 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,854 | under 0.01 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,844 | under 0.01 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,084 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rodrigo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rodrigo has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 107 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rodrigo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rodrigo, and how old are they?
26,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 27,759 Americans ever recorded as Rodrigo. The median Rodrigo alive today is 20 years old; half are between 12 and 31.
The 2020 Census counted 43,705 people named Rodrigo (86 women and girls, 43,619 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 23,480 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 60 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 532 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,740 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,970 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 11,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,570 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rodrigo born?
The states with the most babies named Rodrigo are Texas, California and Florida, with 61% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 195 | #201 | 2.8× |
| California | 95 | #367 | 2.4× |
| Florida | 57 | #347 | 1.0× |
| Arizona | 22 | #353 | 1.6× |
| New York | 22 | #683 | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 17 | #616 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 16 | #598 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 15 | #518 | 0.5× |
| Colorado | 15 | #416 | 0.8× |
| Maryland | 13 | #404 | 0.3× |
Where Rodrigo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rodrigo is most over-represented in Texas: since 1918 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rodrigo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 27,815 babies since 1880, Rodrigo is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 614 of their 633 babies (97%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rodrigo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rodrigo and names like it
- Compare Rodrigo and RodrygoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sRodrigo peaked in 2007.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rodrigo since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Rodrigo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Rodrigo.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Rodrigo alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with RMost given first.