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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #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 1949

girls
#4,673
6 births · 1 in 285,146 girls
boys
#911
57 births · 1 in 31,122 boys

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #4,673Refugio6

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #911Refugio57
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 285,146 of them was named Refugio, which outranked 23.0% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Refugio
  1. #4,235Yvonnie7
  2. #4,235Zondra7
  3. #4,235Zonia7
  4. #4,673Refugio6
  5. #4,673Adalia6
  6. #4,673Adelmira6
  7. #4,673Adrien6
  8. #5,244Abbe5
  9. #5,244Adine5
  10. #5,244Adora5

Tied with 570 names at #4,673; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 937Sharman#1,708#771
  2. 665Roseanna#1,422#757
  3. 483Shauna#1,173#690
  4. 293Jacalyn#1,116#823
  5. 267Sanjuana#1,185#918
Fallers
  1. 339Sandie#939#1,278
  2. 296Syble#955#1,251
  3. 272Shirleen#964#1,236
  4. 266Ginny#734#1,000
  5. 260Dina#861#1,121

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

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 31,122 of them was named Refugio, which outranked 78.3% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Refugio
  1. #905Federico58
  2. #905Meredith58
  3. #905Sandra58
  4. #911Refugio57
  5. #911Cesar57
  6. #911Domenick57
  7. #911Duwayne57
  8. #923Adan56
  9. #923Alvie56
  10. #923Chad56

Tied with 11 names at #911; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 538Lannie#1,107#569
  2. 411Lenwood#1,296#885
  3. 338Robby#1,296#958
  4. 326Ocie#1,323#997
  5. 319Denzil#1,127#808
Fallers
  1. 473Loyal#989#1,462
  2. 446Rich#963#1,409
  3. 395Brock#733#1,128
  4. 376Baron#972#1,348
  5. 333Murry#989#1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949