Baldomero
Masculine · “boldly famous”
The bald in Archibald has nothing to do with hair. It is the Germanic word for bold, the same one behind English bold itself, and it ends Theobald, Leopold, Baldwin and Baldomero. The English word for a hairless head is an entirely separate word that happens to look the same.
How old is the name Baldomero?
Baldomero first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Baldomero alive today was born around 1974, making them about 51 years old. About 800 people named Baldomero are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Baldomero most popular?
Baldomero peaked in 1925, reaching #1628 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 10,380 places below that high. See the whole 1925 chart.
Where it comes from
From bald to Baldomero
The story of Baldomero
Germanic name elements were a fixed and rather small stock, and bald and mari were two of the most used. Bald is the ancestor of English bold and turns up at both ends of a name: Baldwin is bold friend, Baldric is bold ruler, Archibald is genuinely bold, Theobald is bold people. Mari, famous, is at the end of Waldemar, Dietmar and Ingemar. The compound went into Spain with the Visigoths, who ruled the peninsula for three centuries and left a stock of Germanic names that Spanish has kept ever since — Alfonso, Fernando, Rodrigo, Gonzalo and Baldomero are all of them. The name's best-known bearer was a nineteenth-century Spanish general who twice ran the country.
Meaning
boldly famous
Germanic bald, bold or brave, with mari, famous. Both elements are among the commonest in Germanic naming: mari also ends Waldemar and Dietmar, and bald opens Baldwin and ends Archibald. Baldomero is the Spanish form.
How the name formed
- bald
- Baldomar
- Baldomero
Related forms: Baldomero · Baldomero · Baldemar
Pronouncing Baldomero
bahl-doh-MEH-roh
Four syllables, stress on the third. Every vowel is fully sounded in Spanish. English speakers reduce the middle two and often move the weight forward.
Nicknames for Baldomero
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1916
- Most boys named
- 192522 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1628reached in 1925
- Change vs 2022
- −28.6%5 in 2025, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Baldomero in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Baldomero in Spanish — same name
- Baldomero in Italian — same name
- Baldemar in German — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Baldomeros among us
people named Baldomero are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Baldomero
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Baldomero sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Baldomero beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Baldomero in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Germanic meaning with both elements documented and both still visible in English.
- Three short forms, two of which are full names elsewhere.
- It carries the Visigothic layer of Spanish naming, which few names show as clearly.
- Four syllables is long and it will be shortened by others immediately.
- In English the first syllable reads as the word for hairless, which it is not.
- It is strongly represented among older generations in Spain and Mexico.
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Frequently asked
- How many Baldomeros are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Baldomero are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Baldomero in 2025?
- Baldomero ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Baldomero?
- About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Baldomero — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Baldomero with classmates?
- Baldomero will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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