Rudolfo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- roo-DOHL-foh
- Origin
- Germanic
Rudolfo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous wolf”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rudolfo mean?
Germanic: variant of Rodolfo or Rudolf
“famous wolf”
Rudolfo Anaya wrote Bless Me, Ultima (1972), a landmark of Chicano literature.
Is Rudolfo a girl's or a boy's name?
Rudolfo is a boys' name.
How popular is Rudolfo in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1955, with 70 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Rudolfo in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rudolfo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,018 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,514 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,164 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,254 |
| 1964 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,484 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | 31 | #1,438 |
| 1960 | 30 | #1,462 |
| 1959 | 31 | #1,415 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,021 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,156 |
| 1955 | 70 | #884 |
| 1954 | 64 | #928 |
| 1953 | 55 | #965 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,012 |
| 1951 | 57 | #928 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,005 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,143 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,189 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,237 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Nicknames for Rudolfo
- Rudy 362 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rudolfo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Roberto, Ricardo, Robert, Richard, Ramiro, Rodolfo, Armando, Reynaldo, Alfonso, Alberto, Rolando, Raymond
Names related to Rudolfo
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, “Rudolfo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rudolfo, updated 20 October 2026.