Rosendo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- roh-SEN-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Rosendo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “fame + path”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Rosendo mean?
Germanic: Spanish form of the Visigothic name Rudesind
“fame + path”
Saint Rosendo (Rudesind) was a 10th-century bishop and monastery founder in Galicia.
Is Rosendo a girl's or a boy's name?
Rosendo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rosendo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,138th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Rosendo, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 91 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the boys named Rosendo in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rosendo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 69 | #1,850 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,958 |
| 2002 | 61 | #1,847 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 66 | #1,621 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,456 |
| 1997 | 62 | #1,625 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,452 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,354 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 91 | #1,164 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,335 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,308 |
| 1990 | 74 | #1,282 |
| 1989 | 74 | #1,253 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,201 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,087 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,216 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,267 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,173 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,222 |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,209 |
| 1981 | 83 | #995 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,055 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,089 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,214 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,123 |
| 1975 | 59 | #1,094 |
| 1974 | 70 | #977 |
| 1973 | 66 | #992 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,098 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,026 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,050 |
| 1968 | 57 | #968 |
| 1967 | 54 | #986 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,215 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,064 |
| 1964 | 59 | #982 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,027 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,058 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,177 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1958 | 57 | #1,005 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,156 |
| 1955 | 59 | #975 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,006 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,138 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,012 |
| 1951 | 61 | #901 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,021 |
| 1949 | 53 | #945 |
| 1948 | 59 | #890 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,063 |
| 1946 | 58 | #862 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,038 |
| 1943 | 48 | #969 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,119 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,187 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,183 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,168 |
| 1938 | 41 | #992 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1935 | 44 | #956 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 48 | #937 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,145 |
| 1930 | 59 | #855 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,031 |
| 1927 | 54 | #937 |
| 1926 | 48 | #992 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,091 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,355 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,372 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,176 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,491 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,112 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
Names like Rosendo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Roberto, Ricardo, Armando, Rodrigo, Alberto, Rodolfo, Fernando, Ramiro, Angelo, Arturo, Rocco, Alfonso
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, “Rosendo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosendo, updated 20 October 2026.