Rosendo
Rosendo was given to 25 boys in 2025, #4,228 among boys’ names; 5,422 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,870 Americans named Rosendo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 40 years old and half are between 26 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rosendo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rosendo mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rosendo is “a male given name from Spanish.” Its etymology gives the senses “glory, fame” (*𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃) and “path” (*𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃).
Surname from transferred use of given name, of Spanish, Galician, or Portuguese origin, from Medieval Latin Rudesindus, from the Germanic (Gothic) name Rudesind, composed of the elements *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 (*hrōþs, “glory, fame”) and *𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (*sinþs, “path”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz + *sinþaz.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rosendo?
#4,228 among boys’ names, 2025
Rosendo fell from #3,350 in 2015 to #4,228 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 17.7 to 14.6 per million.
91 babies in 1993, the peak
Rosendo peaked in 1993, when 91 boys were given it, #1,174 among boys’ names. The 25 births of 2025 are 27% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,228 | 14.6 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,671 | 12.8 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,976 | 16.4 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,406 | 13.7 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,797 | 16.6 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,001 | 15.1 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,616 | 17.3 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,501 | 17.6 |
| 2017 | 26 | #4,081 | 14.0 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,441 | 12.1 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 34 | #3,350 | 17.7 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,670 | 10.9 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,728 | 14.8 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,154 | 19.0 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,226 | 18.4 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,612 | 15.6 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,884 | 21.2 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,778 | 21.6 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,677 | 22.2 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,096 | 30.7 |
| 2005 | 69 | #1,860 | 34.5 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,151 | 27.7 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,975 | 29.9 |
| 2002 | 61 | #1,860 | 31.4 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,999 | 27.8 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,599 | 37.7 |
| 1999 | 66 | #1,636 | 34.4 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,461 | 40.3 |
| 1997 | 62 | #1,641 | 32.9 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,459 | 37.0 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,361 | 39.4 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,507 | 32.6 |
| 1993 | 91 | #1,174 | 46.4 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,342 | 35.5 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,316 | 36.1 |
| 1990 | 74 | #1,288 | 36.0 |
| 1989 | 74 | #1,261 | 37.0 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,209 | 37.1 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,092 | 41.8 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,224 | 33.7 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,276 | 30.8 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,185 | 33.2 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,235 | 31.2 |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,214 | 32.5 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,001 | 46.3 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,066 | 40.9 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,099 | 38.9 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,227 | 32.9 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,090 | 38.9 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,142 | 36.3 |
| 1975 | 59 | #1,096 | 37.8 |
| 1974 | 70 | #986 | 44.5 |
| 1973 | 66 | #1,000 | 42.3 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,106 | 33.9 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,032 | 35.6 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,154 | 28.0 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,061 | 30.2 |
| 1968 | 57 | #983 | 32.8 |
| 1967 | 54 | #990 | 31.0 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,232 | 21.3 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,079 | 25.8 |
| 1964 | 59 | #987 | 29.6 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,117 | 23.6 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,035 | 26.6 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,064 | 25.4 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,189 | 20.6 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,152 | 21.6 |
| 1958 | 57 | #1,012 | 26.9 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,148 | 21.3 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,167 | 20.3 |
| 1955 | 59 | #986 | 28.6 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,016 | 27.0 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,153 | 21.3 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,020 | 25.7 |
| 1951 | 61 | #909 | 32.4 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,035 | 26.3 |
| 1949 | 53 | #954 | 29.9 |
| 1948 | 59 | #897 | 33.6 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,077 | 25.1 |
| 1946 | 58 | #868 | 35.7 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,031 | 29.0 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,051 | 29.3 |
| 1943 | 48 | #977 | 33.6 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,136 | 26.8 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,204 | 25.2 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,202 | 27.6 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,191 | 28.0 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,004 | 37.0 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,164 | 30.9 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,353 | 24.1 |
| 1935 | 44 | #965 | 42.3 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,288 | 27.1 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,399 | 24.2 |
| 1932 | 48 | #949 | 46.0 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,166 | 33.7 |
| 1930 | 59 | #864 | 53.8 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,088 | 38.1 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,039 | 40.6 |
| 1927 | 54 | #948 | 47.9 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,006 | 43.2 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,103 | 36.7 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,375 | 26.5 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,354 | 27.4 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,500 | 23.9 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,355 | 12.7 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,343 | 28.2 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,796 | 19.4 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,396 | 26.6 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,070 | 16.2 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,200 | 34.8 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,543 | 24.7 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,537 | 26.0 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,141 | 41.0 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,839 | 11.6 |
| 1911 | 15 | #888 | 66.4 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,799 | 25.7 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,417 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 10 | #938 | 64.8 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,075 | 54.5 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,470 | 33.2 |
| 1889 | 6 | #957 | 54.3 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,072 | 46.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rosendo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rosendo has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 122 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rosendo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rosendo, and how old are they?
3,870 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 5,422 Americans ever recorded as Rosendo. The median Rosendo alive today is 40 years old; half are between 26 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 8,397 people named Rosendo (46 women and girls, 8,351 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,972 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 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 | 129 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 647 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 825 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,060 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 857 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 346 |
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 Rosendo born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7 | #2,169 | 2.4× |
| Texas | 5 | #2,882 | 6.1× |
Where Rosendo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rosendo is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 6.1 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 Rosendo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rosendo
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 Rosendo and names like it
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- The most given names of the 1990sRosendo peaked in 1993.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rosendo since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Rosendo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1993The year the most babies were named Rosendo.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Rosendo alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.