Rodrigo
Boy · rod-REE-goh · Germanic
Rodrigo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 491st for boys in the US (614 babies).
What does Rodrigo mean?
Germanic: Spanish and Portuguese form of Roderick
“famous ruler”
The Spanish and Portuguese form of Roderick; Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, is Spain's great medieval hero.
- Say it
- rod-REE-goh
Is Rodrigo a girl's or a boy's name?
Rodrigo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 614 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rodrigo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Rodrigo, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 40 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Rodrigo than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Rodrigo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Rodrigo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,190 |
| 2022 | 38 | #904 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,389 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 39 | #875 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,045 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2015 | 40 | #857 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | 36 | #904 |
| 2012 | 34 | #957 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,014 |
| 2010 | 37 | #867 |
| 2009 | 35 | #882 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,020 |
| 2007 | 31 | #920 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,096 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Rodrigo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #491among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 614about 1 in 2,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 614 boys in the US were named Rodrigo, making it the 491st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 576th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,177 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Rodrigo in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rodrigo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 614 | #491 |
| 2024 | 640 | #484 |
| 2023 | 607 | #497 |
| 2022 | 562 | #531 |
| 2021 | 494 | #571 |
| 2020 | 482 | #576 |
| 2019 | 548 | #521 |
| 2018 | 573 | #500 |
| 2017 | 566 | #513 |
| 2016 | 592 | #506 |
| 2015 | 661 | #460 |
| 2014 | 576 | #488 |
| 2013 | 710 | #417 |
| 2012 | 639 | #433 |
| 2011 | 650 | #422 |
| 2010 | 676 | #415 |
| 2009 | 812 | #374 |
| 2008 | 1,014 | #326 |
| 2007 | 1,177 | #291 |
| 2006 | 823 | #363 |
| 2005 | 731 | #392 |
| 2004 | 700 | #387 |
| 2003 | 736 | #362 |
| 2002 | 665 | #391 |
| 2001 | 694 | #378 |
| 2000 | 680 | #382 |
| 1999 | 724 | #361 |
| 1998 | 511 | #445 |
| 1997 | 514 | #437 |
| 1996 | 616 | #378 |
| 1995 | 605 | #385 |
| 1994 | 423 | #489 |
| 1993 | 434 | #484 |
| 1992 | 464 | #466 |
| 1991 | 376 | #512 |
| 1990 | 378 | #507 |
| 1989 | 252 | #624 |
| 1988 | 231 | #622 |
| 1987 | 193 | #658 |
| 1986 | 231 | #586 |
| 1985 | 183 | #646 |
| 1984 | 187 | #623 |
| 1983 | 210 | #582 |
| 1982 | 222 | #576 |
| 1981 | 200 | #603 |
| 1980 | 179 | #648 |
| 1979 | 166 | #664 |
| 1978 | 187 | #610 |
| 1977 | 162 | #662 |
| 1976 | 174 | #621 |
| 1975 | 153 | #667 |
| 1974 | 144 | #677 |
| 1973 | 159 | #623 |
| 1972 | 114 | #740 |
| 1971 | 95 | #828 |
| 1970 | 108 | #791 |
| 1969 | 72 | #900 |
| 1968 | 57 | #968 |
| 1967 | 60 | #931 |
| 1966 | 55 | #984 |
| 1965 | 57 | #976 |
| 1964 | 69 | #914 |
| 1963 | 66 | #920 |
| 1962 | 60 | #983 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,227 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,185 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,363 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,091 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,278 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,413 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,628 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
Nicknames for Rodrigo
- Rodri
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