Ruperto
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- roo-PER-toh
- Origin
- Germanic
Ruperto is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright fame”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ruperto mean?
Germanic: Spanish and Italian form of Rupert, from hrod 'fame' + beraht 'bright'
“bright fame”
Rupert is a Low German form of Robert, popularised in England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
Is Ruperto a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruperto is a boys' name.
How popular is Ruperto in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1928, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the boys named Ruperto in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruperto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,611 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
Names like Ruperto
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Roberto Ricardo Rodolfo Rodrigo Robert Alonzo Armando Reynaldo Alfonso Alberto Angelo Alvaro
Names related to Ruperto
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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, “Ruperto: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruperto, updated 20 October 2026.