How rare is the name Refugio?

7,298 people in the United States have the first name Refugio, about 1 in 41,386. It ranks #3,040 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

REFUGIO

#3,040

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,298
About
1 in 41,386
This common or more
81.5%
Who bears it

Of the 7,298 people named Refugio, 98.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino. 84.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Refugio peaked in 1927, when 106 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
1927
Births that year
106
In 2025*
9 ▼92%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 4,847 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Refugio by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,463. The largest share of babies named Refugio, 23.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#2,54632
1900s#1,936100
1910s#1,789394
1920s#1,463829
1930s#1,666585
1940s#1,932558
1950s#2,466474
1960s#3,173350
1970s#3,142459
1980s#3,927405
1990s#5,783321
2000s#9,851207
2010s#19,08481
2020s#18,70947
Before 19011%
Greatest Generation 1901–2723.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4521.9%
Baby boom 1946–6418.6%
Generation X 1965–8014%
Millennials 1981–9612.4%
Generation Z 1997–126.4%
2013 and later2.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Refugio is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Refugio has been most common in Texas (7.9×), California (3.3×), and Arizona (3.2×), and least common in New Mexico (2.8×).

3,502 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Refugio

#3,038 Bernie · 7,302#3,039 Porfirio · 7,300#3,041 Akira · 7,291#3,042 Latanya · 7,290

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Refugio, most common first.

#19,367 Refugia · 547#25,961 Refujio · 362

Also a last name

As a last name, Refugio ranks #56,084 of 156,621, with 394 people. See Refugio as a last name

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