How rare is the name Rosendo?

8,397 people in the United States have the first name Rosendo, about 1 in 35,969. It ranks #2,777 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROSENDO

#2,777

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,397
About
1 in 35,969
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,397 people named Rosendo, 94.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.5% as White. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rosendo peaked in 1993, when 91 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
91
In 2025*
25 ▼73%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,422 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rosendo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,181. The largest share of babies named Rosendo, 20.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,63811
1900s#3,21629
1910s#2,906176
1920s#2,381359
1930s#2,181368
1940s#2,188443
1950s#2,389506
1960s#2,580511
1970s#2,618607
1980s#2,811673
1990s#3,323722
2000s#4,939567
2010s#8,075296
2020s#8,768154
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4512.6%
Baby boom 1946–6418.1%
Generation X 1965–8017.2%
Millennials 1981–9620.6%
Generation Z 1997–1216.1%
2013 and later6.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rosendo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rosendo has been most common in Texas (7.9×), New Mexico (5.5×), and California (3.1×), and least common in Illinois (0.33×).

3,952 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rosendo, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Rosendo ranks #21,146 of 156,621, with 1,263 people. See Rosendo as a last name

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