Rogelio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- roh-HEH-lee-oh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,159 for boys
Rogelio is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “fame + spear”. In 2025 it ranked 1,159th for boys in the US (180 babies).
What does Rogelio mean?
Germanic: Spanish name usually linked to Roger
“fame + spear”
Saint Rogelio was one of the martyrs of Córdoba in Moorish Spain in the 9th century.
Is Rogelio a girl's or a boy's name?
Rogelio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 180 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rogelio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,159th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 180 about 1 in 9,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 180 boys in the US were named Rogelio, making it the 1,159th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 998th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 548 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Rogelio than any year since 1967.
Half of all the boys named Rogelio in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rogelio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 180 | #1,159 |
| 2024 | 182 | #1,151 |
| 2023 | 206 | #1,053 |
| 2022 | 219 | #1,015 |
| 2021 | 217 | #1,006 |
| 2020 | 213 | #998 |
| 2019 | 198 | #1,041 |
| 2018 | 239 | #905 |
| 2017 | 244 | #882 |
| 2016 | 261 | #863 |
| 2015 | 268 | #838 |
| 2014 | 295 | #782 |
| 2013 | 318 | #733 |
| 2012 | 324 | #723 |
| 2011 | 289 | #777 |
| 2010 | 320 | #719 |
| 2009 | 352 | #689 |
| 2008 | 451 | #572 |
| 2007 | 506 | #518 |
| 2006 | 497 | #520 |
| 2005 | 548 | #464 |
| 2004 | 533 | #473 |
| 2003 | 505 | #488 |
| 2002 | 487 | #478 |
| 2001 | 466 | #492 |
| 2000 | 490 | #480 |
| 1999 | 445 | #493 |
| 1998 | 451 | #483 |
| 1997 | 474 | #464 |
| 1996 | 465 | #470 |
| 1995 | 474 | #468 |
| 1994 | 480 | #457 |
| 1993 | 500 | #439 |
| 1992 | 511 | #432 |
| 1991 | 474 | #453 |
| 1990 | 505 | #438 |
| 1989 | 475 | #434 |
| 1988 | 385 | #463 |
| 1987 | 409 | #436 |
| 1986 | 379 | #444 |
| 1985 | 388 | #433 |
| 1984 | 359 | #445 |
| 1983 | 333 | #453 |
| 1982 | 395 | #421 |
| 1981 | 409 | #403 |
| 1980 | 403 | #404 |
| 1979 | 377 | #407 |
| 1978 | 325 | #440 |
| 1977 | 354 | #419 |
| 1976 | 337 | #424 |
| 1975 | 318 | #448 |
| 1974 | 332 | #433 |
| 1973 | 271 | #477 |
| 1972 | 282 | #467 |
| 1971 | 254 | #512 |
| 1970 | 262 | #498 |
| 1969 | 256 | #478 |
| 1968 | 223 | #506 |
| 1967 | 179 | #558 |
| 1966 | 201 | #535 |
| 1965 | 161 | #599 |
| 1964 | 177 | #594 |
| 1963 | 163 | #613 |
| 1962 | 181 | #581 |
| 1961 | 149 | #639 |
| 1960 | 177 | #584 |
| 1959 | 194 | #556 |
| 1958 | 142 | #645 |
| 1957 | 162 | #602 |
| 1956 | 152 | #614 |
| 1955 | 145 | #615 |
| 1954 | 147 | #609 |
| 1953 | 169 | #543 |
| 1952 | 183 | #515 |
| 1951 | 129 | #619 |
| 1950 | 160 | #536 |
| 1949 | 134 | #579 |
| 1948 | 128 | #591 |
| 1947 | 118 | #634 |
| 1946 | 100 | #642 |
| 1945 | 96 | #616 |
| 1944 | 98 | #620 |
| 1943 | 74 | #751 |
| 1942 | 65 | #795 |
| 1941 | 69 | #746 |
| 1940 | 61 | #792 |
| 1939 | 63 | #763 |
| 1938 | 44 | #951 |
| 1937 | 46 | #922 |
| 1936 | 56 | #816 |
| 1935 | 42 | #980 |
| 1934 | 56 | #836 |
| 1933 | 47 | #905 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,077 |
| 1931 | 48 | #939 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,007 |
| 1929 | 47 | #983 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,111 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,128 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,108 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,164 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,458 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Rogelio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ricardo, Rodrigo, Roberto, Armando, Antonio, Sergio, Fernando, Mario, Mauricio, Alvaro, Leonardo, Enrique
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rogelio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rogelio, updated 20 October 2026.