Rigoberto
Rigoberto was a 1945 Argentine comedy film.
Meaning & Origin of Rigoberto
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rigoberto was a 1945 Argentine comedy film.
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The Story of Rigoberto
Rigoberto first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1924, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 297 Rigobertos were born — ranking #633 that year. As of 2026, Rigoberto ranks #2,226 for baby boys with 66 births, falling sharply (-16%). In total, more than 11K Rigobertos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Rigoberto
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- Rigoberto Alpizar (1961–2005), Costa Rican-born United States citizen fatally shot by U.S. Federal Air Marshals
- Rigoberto Álvarez (born 1978), Mexican boxer
- Rigoberto Cabezas [ es ] (1860–1896), Nicaraguan journalist, soldier, and politician
- Rigoberto Calderón (born 1970), Nicaraguan track and field athlete and javelin thrower
- Rigoberto Chang Castillo (born 1950), Honduran lawyer and politician
- Rigoberto Cisneros (born 1953), Mexican football defender
- Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez [ de ] (born 1948), Colombian Catholic priest
- Rigoberto Cruz (died 1967), Nicaraguan co-founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, known as Pablo Ubeda
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Names that sound like Rigoberto
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About the name Rigoberto
Rigoberto is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1924 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Rigoberto's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #561. Use the chart and map above to compare Rigoberto's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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