Rodolfo
Boy · roh-DOHL-foh · Germanic
Rodolfo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 1,466th for boys in the US (121 babies).
What does Rodolfo mean?
Germanic: Spanish and Italian form of Rudolph
“famous wolf”
Rodolfo is the young poet hero of Puccini's opera La Bohème.
- Say it
- roh-DOHL-foh
Is Rodolfo a girl's or a boy's name?
Rodolfo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 121 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rodolfo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,466among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 121about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 121 boys in the US were named Rodolfo, making it the 1,466th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,286th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 610 boys. It first appears in the records in 1902.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Rodolfo than any year since 1938.
Half of all the boys named Rodolfo in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rodolfo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | #1,466 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,448 |
| 2023 | 131 | #1,404 |
| 2022 | 138 | #1,353 |
| 2021 | 138 | #1,339 |
| 2020 | 142 | #1,286 |
| 2019 | 155 | #1,226 |
| 2018 | 183 | #1,079 |
| 2017 | 172 | #1,116 |
| 2016 | 195 | #1,027 |
| 2015 | 228 | #930 |
| 2014 | 225 | #936 |
| 2013 | 228 | #911 |
| 2012 | 221 | #929 |
| 2011 | 258 | #836 |
| 2010 | 301 | #751 |
| 2009 | 303 | #755 |
| 2008 | 355 | #680 |
| 2007 | 426 | #594 |
| 2006 | 497 | #520 |
| 2005 | 497 | #498 |
| 2004 | 489 | #500 |
| 2003 | 495 | #497 |
| 2002 | 452 | #504 |
| 2001 | 494 | #475 |
| 2000 | 587 | #421 |
| 1999 | 571 | #412 |
| 1998 | 579 | #411 |
| 1997 | 508 | #439 |
| 1996 | 546 | #416 |
| 1995 | 540 | #420 |
| 1994 | 599 | #388 |
| 1993 | 580 | #398 |
| 1992 | 593 | #387 |
| 1991 | 574 | #395 |
| 1990 | 575 | #400 |
| 1989 | 559 | #392 |
| 1988 | 438 | #429 |
| 1987 | 507 | #379 |
| 1986 | 560 | #344 |
| 1985 | 470 | #382 |
| 1984 | 443 | #387 |
| 1983 | 475 | #370 |
| 1982 | 552 | #341 |
| 1981 | 610 | #311 |
| 1980 | 563 | #333 |
| 1979 | 443 | #383 |
| 1978 | 431 | #371 |
| 1977 | 414 | #386 |
| 1976 | 427 | #370 |
| 1975 | 451 | #367 |
| 1974 | 384 | #395 |
| 1973 | 374 | #403 |
| 1972 | 384 | #400 |
| 1971 | 352 | #434 |
| 1970 | 393 | #412 |
| 1969 | 281 | #457 |
| 1968 | 316 | #432 |
| 1967 | 331 | #419 |
| 1966 | 311 | #432 |
| 1965 | 318 | #433 |
| 1964 | 322 | #446 |
| 1963 | 282 | #469 |
| 1962 | 319 | #444 |
| 1961 | 302 | #467 |
| 1960 | 318 | #452 |
| 1959 | 296 | #461 |
| 1958 | 304 | #449 |
| 1957 | 299 | #444 |
| 1956 | 286 | #445 |
| 1955 | 296 | #426 |
| 1954 | 342 | #386 |
| 1953 | 341 | #371 |
| 1952 | 303 | #395 |
| 1951 | 299 | #391 |
| 1950 | 265 | #412 |
| 1949 | 250 | #427 |
| 1948 | 228 | #441 |
| 1947 | 212 | #461 |
| 1946 | 232 | #417 |
| 1945 | 200 | #421 |
| 1944 | 162 | #475 |
| 1943 | 171 | #473 |
| 1942 | 144 | #509 |
| 1941 | 131 | #516 |
| 1940 | 122 | #528 |
| 1939 | 126 | #503 |
| 1938 | 120 | #532 |
| 1937 | 115 | #541 |
| 1936 | 131 | #495 |
| 1935 | 145 | #472 |
| 1934 | 148 | #462 |
| 1933 | 137 | #479 |
| 1932 | 145 | #475 |
| 1931 | 163 | #441 |
| 1930 | 203 | #411 |
| 1929 | 207 | #405 |
| 1928 | 226 | #396 |
| 1927 | 218 | #409 |
| 1926 | 182 | #451 |
| 1925 | 173 | #458 |
| 1924 | 126 | #563 |
| 1923 | 118 | #575 |
| 1922 | 93 | #666 |
| 1921 | 91 | #677 |
| 1920 | 73 | #775 |
| 1919 | 67 | #790 |
| 1918 | 53 | #909 |
| 1917 | 54 | #864 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,013 |
| 1915 | 45 | #925 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 31 | #871 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,059 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
Nicknames for Rodolfo
- Rudy 362 boys in the UK in 2025
- Fito
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