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
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 70 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,984since 1885
Refugio over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,659 | 15 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,375 | 22 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,782 | 26 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,815 | 24 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,976 | 21 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,259 | 27 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,061 | 29 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,536 | 23 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,795 | 30 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,546 | 31 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,332 | 34 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,020 | 23 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,123 | 38 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,844 | 44 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,867 | 42 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,214 | 32 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | — | #2,272 | 25 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,962 | 30 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,524 | 43 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,481 | 42 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #1,470 | 42 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,362 | 48 |
| 1981 | — | #1,207 | 57 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,410 | 45 | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,352 | 47 |
| 1978 | — | #1,487 | 39 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,312 | 47 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,390 | 41 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #1,138 | 55 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #1,182 | 49 |
| 1973 | — | #1,354 | 38 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,473 | 33 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,309 | 41 |
| 1970 | — | #1,435 | 34 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,265 | 39 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,314 | 34 |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #1,401 | 30 |
| 1965 | — | #1,271 | 36 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,408 | 31 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,485 | 28 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | — | #1,406 | 32 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,210 | 42 | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #1,324 | 35 |
| 1958 | — | #1,305 | 35 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,090 | 49 |
| 1956 | — | #1,257 | 37 | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #1,219 | 38 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #1,068 | 49 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #1,189 | 39 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #1,182 | 39 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #972 | 52 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #1,105 | 41 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #911 | 57 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #872 | 61 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #984 | 52 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #911 | 53 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #884 | 51 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #974 | 44 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #917 | 53 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #1,089 | 39 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #1,108 | 35 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #1,050 | 38 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #1,015 | 39 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #883 | 50 |
| 1937 | — | #880 | 49 | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #1,148 | 33 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | #942 | 45 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #946 | 44 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | #902 | 51 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | #869 | 54 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 | #915 | 53 |
| 1929 | #1,447 | 28 | #930 | 52 |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 | #835 | 62 |
| 1927 | #1,331 | 36 | #786 | 70 |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 | #875 | 58 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 | #890 | 57 |
| 1924 | #1,475 | 32 | #814 | 69 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | #1,008 | 48 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | #1,233 | 39 | #1,020 | 46 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | #1,009 | 45 |
| 1918 | #1,234 | 37 | #1,152 | 36 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 | #1,222 | 31 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,073 | 28 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1927 at #786 (70 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1924–1934
- 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%)
- 13.7% of all boys named Refugio (545) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1918, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #936 (1885) | #936 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 31 | #1,020 (1909) | #1,156 |
| 1910s | 248 | #1,009 (1919) | #1,198 |
| 1920s | 545 | #786 (1927) | #935 |
| 1930s | 454 | #869 (1931) | #957 |
| 1940s | 483 | #872 (1948) | #970 |
| 1950s | 414 | #972 (1951) | #1,171 |
| 1960s | 334 | #1,210 (1960) | #1,359 |
| 1970s | 424 | #1,138 (1975) | #1,343 |
| 1980s | 390 | #1,207 (1981) | #1,713 |
| 1990s | 321 | #1,844 (1992) | #2,510 |
| 2000s | 207 | #3,061 (2001) | #4,593 |
| 2010s | 81 | #5,659 (2013) | #7,827 |
| 2020s | 47 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 229,324 of them was named Refugio, which outranked 32.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 36,628 of them was named Refugio, which outranked 80.9% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,340Rojelio48
- #1,340Shan48
- #1,340Shiloh48
- #1,352Refugio47
- #1,352Anibal47
- #1,352Augustus47
- #1,352Courtland47
- #1,370Akil46
- #1,370Antron46
- #1,370Apollo46
Tied with 17 names at #1,352; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.