How rare is the name Rufina?

4,118 people in the United States have the first name Rufina, about 1 in 73,344. It ranks #4,498 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RUFINA

#4,498

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,118
About
1 in 73,344
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,118 people named Rufina, 76.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.3% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rufina peaked in 1928, when 32 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18922025
Peak year
1928
Births that year
32
In 2025*
6 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,041 babies have been given the name since 1892. 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.

Rufina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #3,069. The largest share of babies named Rufina, 32.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,08033
1910s#3,749117
1920s#3,069244
1930s#4,258119
1940s#4,598119
1950s#6,94772
1960s#8,75754
1970s#12,39146
1980s#13,41560
1990s#16,47066
2000s#23,63650
2010s#31,27226
2020s#23,11230
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2732.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4523.1%
Baby boom 1946–6415.2%
Generation X 1965–807.3%
Millennials 1981–969.8%
Generation Z 1997–126.9%
2013 and later4.9%

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.

Either side of Rufina

#4,496 Keara · 4,121#4,497 Ashwin · 4,120#4,499 Retha · 4,117#4,500 Alpha · 4,116

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,160 Rufino · 4,614#6,212 Rubina · 2,605

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