Refugio

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 82.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1927 · 70 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,984
since 1885

Refugio over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #1,085, 1892peak #786, 1927girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,2439
2024#6,83212
2023#10,8216
2022#10,8636
2021#9,7147
2020#9,5547
2019#6,40613
2018
2017#8,1409
2016#8,8168
2015#10,6446
2014#8,7818
2013#5,65915
2012
2011#6,57812
2010#7,59110
2009#6,80212
2008#7,18711
2007#4,37522
2006#3,78226
2005#3,81524
2004#6,13812
2003#3,97621
2002#3,25927
2001#3,06129
2000#3,53623
1999#2,79530
1998#3,84918
1997#2,54631
1996#2,33234
1995#3,02023
1994#2,12338
1993#2,50929
1992#1,84444
1991#1,86742
1990#2,21432
1989#2,29229
1988#11,7985#2,14629
1987#2,27225
1986#1,96230
1985#1,52443
1984#1,48142
1983#10,2755#1,47042
1982#10,5175#1,36248
1981#1,20757
1980#1,41045
1979#8,0617#1,35247
1978#1,48739
1977#1,31247
1976#9,2845#1,39041
1975#5,51610#1,13855
1974#6,9007#1,18249
1973#1,35438
1972#1,47333
1971#7,3886#1,30941
1970#1,43534
1969#1,26539
1968#7,0165#1,31434
1967#1,57324
1966#6,5645#1,40130
1965#1,27136
1964#1,40831
1963#1,48528
1962#5,8606#1,25938
1961#1,40632
1960#1,21042
1959#4,6258#1,32435
1958#1,30535
1957#6,0865#1,09049
1956#1,25737
1955#4,7407#1,21938
1954#3,9679#1,06849
1953#5,0406#1,18939
1952#3,55210#1,18239
1951#4,3857#97252
1950#3,9628#1,10541
1949#4,6736#91157
1948#4,6516#87261
1947#4,3457#98452
1946#3,4309#91153
1945#4,0256#88451
1944#4,5745#97444
1943#3,04010#91753
1942#2,98610#1,08939
1941#3,0309#1,10835
1940#3,5037#1,05038
1939#1,79719#1,01539
1938#2,57911#88350
1937#88049
1936#2,52111#1,06836
1935#3,7426#1,14833
1934#2,08715#94245
1933#2,8689#94644
1932#1,75420#90251
1931#1,94117#86954
1930#1,66123#91553
1929#1,44728#93052
1928#1,54127#83562
1927#1,33136#78670
1926#1,32535#87558
1925#1,70025#89057
1924#1,47532#81469
1923#1,67225#1,00848
1922#2,95811#1,07243
1921#1,66826#1,12240
1920#1,23339#1,02046
1919#1,85520#1,00945
1918#1,23437#1,15236
1917#1,92318#1,22231
1916#2,24614#1,09635
1915#1,80018#1,34225
1914#3,1886#1,07328
1913#3,1875#1,14620
1912#1,47714#1,52711
1911#2,4635#1,2908
1910#1,6349#1,1189
1909#1,7637#1,0209
1908#1,26111
1907#1,3849#1,2006
1906#1,22910#1,1116
1905#1,6966
1904#1,2519
1903
1902#1,7935#1,1375
1901#1,4666
1900#1,7236#1,3105
1899
1898
1897#1,2637
1896
1895#1,2997
1894#1,4855
1893
1892#1,0858
1891
1890#1,3385
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#9365
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Refugio! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Refugio
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,411 spots since 2024 (#6,832#8,243)
  • 1,311 spots since 2020 (#9,554#8,243)
  • 2,401 spots since 2015 (#10,644#8,243)
  • Biggest jump: 194 spots in 1924 (#1,008#814)
  • Biggest drop: 210 spots in 1952 (#972#1,182)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1927 at #786 (70 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1924–1934
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,099
  • Highest: 1 in 16,099 boys born in 1927 were named Refugio (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.7% of all boys named Refugio (545) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1919
  • Mostly girls until 1918, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#936 (1885)#936
1890s0
1900s31#1,020 (1909)#1,156
1910s248#1,009 (1919)#1,198
1920s545#786 (1927)#935
1930s454#869 (1931)#957
1940s483#872 (1948)#970
1950s414#972 (1951)#1,171
1960s334#1,210 (1960)#1,359
1970s424#1,138 (1975)#1,343
1980s390#1,207 (1981)#1,713
1990s321#1,844 (1992)#2,510
2000s207#3,061 (2001)#4,593
2010s81#5,659 (2013)#7,827
2020s47#6,832 (2024)#9,338

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Refugio in 1934

girls
#2,087
15 births · 1 in 69,615 girls
boys
#942
45 births · 1 in 22,947 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #2,087Refugio15

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #942Refugio45
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 69,615 of them was named Refugio, which outranked 58.0% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Refugio
  1. #2,003Virgil16
  2. #2,003Virgina16
  3. #2,003Wynelle16
  4. #2,087Refugio15
  5. #2,087Abby15
  6. #2,087Adah15
  7. #2,087Adelaida15
  8. #2,187Albertina14
  9. #2,187Aldene14
  10. #2,187Aleene14

Tied with 99 names at #2,087; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 22,947 of them was named Refugio, which outranked 77.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Refugio
  1. #931Thad46
  2. #931Tillman46
  3. #931Valentin46
  4. #942Refugio45
  5. #942Angus45
  6. #942Brent45
  7. #942Dell45
  8. #956Antone44
  9. #956Claire44
  10. #956Dolores44

Tied with 13 names at #942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934