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Rodrigo

Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Galician form of Roderick, via the Latinized Gothic form Rudericus.

PronunciationSpanish /ro.ˈðɾi.ɣo/; European Portuguese /ʁu.ˈdɾi.ɡu/; Brazilian Portuguese /ho.ˈdɾi.ɡu/; Italian /ro.ˈdri.ɡo/
Usage languagesGalician, Italian, Latvian, Portuguese, Spanish
US rank (2025)#491

Meaning and history

Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Galician form of Roderick, derived through the Latinized Gothic form Rudericus. A notable bearer was Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid, an 11th-century Spanish military commander.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 823 births, rank #363
2007: 1,177 births, rank #291
2008: 1,014 births, rank #326
2009: 812 births, rank #374
2010: 676 births, rank #415
20112011: 650 births, rank #422
2012: 639 births, rank #433
2013: 710 births, rank #417
2014: 576 births, rank #488
2015: 661 births, rank #460
20162016: 592 births, rank #506
2017: 566 births, rank #513
2018: 573 births, rank #500
2019: 548 births, rank #521
2020: 482 births, rank #576
20212021: 494 births, rank #571
2022: 562 births, rank #531
2023: 607 births, rank #497
2024: 640 births, rank #484
20252025: 614 births, rank #491

Rodrigo moved from #485 to #492 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 1,177 births.