Rogelio
- Pronunciation
- [Ro-ge-lio]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Famous Soldier
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Rogelio
Rogelio is the Spanish form of Roger, a name of Germanic origin built from the elements hrod ("fame") and ger ("spear") — together conveying the image of a famous or renowned warrior. The Germanic Hrodger traveled into medieval Europe through the Franks and Normans, and from French and Latin ecclesiastical forms it branched into the Iberian peninsula, where it evolved into the distinctly Spanish Rogelio. This Latinate ending — the characteristic -io suffix — gives the name its warm, musical cadence and marks it unmistakably as part of the Spanish and Latin American naming tradition.
In the United States, Rogelio has long belonged to the community of Spanish masculine names carried by families of Mexican, Central American, and Caribbean heritage. It has a dignified, established feel — not a recent invention, but a name with centuries of use across the Spanish-speaking world. Its four syllables give it a certain formal gravity that sits well in full use, while the natural nickname Rogelio itself tends to be kept whole as a matter of pride and tradition among families who choose it.
Rogelio first appeared in the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its best rank of #464 in 2005. Over a two-decade top-1000 presence, it accumulated 7,606 births in tracked years. It last appeared in the top-1000 in 2020 at #998, a gradual fade that reflects broader demographic shifts rather than any loss of warmth within the communities where it has always been cherished.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Rogelio
US Popularity History (2000–2020)
Annual US births named Rogelio by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2005 with 548 boys named Rogelio (boy rank #464 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2020, ranked #998 for boys (213 US births). That's 534 places below its 2005 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Rogelio Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Rogelio the strongest states are Texas, California, Arizona.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #419 | 741 |
| 2 | California | #574 | 492 |
| 3 | Arizona | #695 | 80 |
| 4 | Colorado | #754 | 19 |
| 5 | Illinois | #854 | 53 |
| 6 | Washington | #905 | 26 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | #905 | 26 |
| 2 | Illinois | #854 | 53 |
| 3 | Colorado | #754 | 19 |
| 4 | Arizona | #695 | 80 |
| 5 | California | #574 | 492 |
| 6 | Texas | #419 | 741 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Rogelio in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Rogelio to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Rogelio against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).