How rare is the name Rufino?

4,614 people in the United States have the first name Rufino, about 1 in 65,460. It ranks #4,160 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RUFINO

#4,160

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,614
About
1 in 65,460
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,614 people named Rufino, 85.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 12.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.6% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rufino peaked in 1927, when 32 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142024
Peak year
1927
Births that year
32
In 2024
9 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,650 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Rufino by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #3,950. The largest share of babies named Rufino, 19%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#6,95233
1920s#4,114154
1930s#4,258119
1940s#3,950152
1950s#4,608153
1960s#5,228146
1970s#6,536146
1980s#6,611188
1990s#8,047201
2000s#10,026202
2010s#15,971108
2020s#18,50648
Greatest Generation 1901–279.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.2%
Baby boom 1946–6417.9%
Generation X 1965–8014.5%
Millennials 1981–9619%
Generation Z 1997–1217.9%
2013 and later7%

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.

Exactly as common as Rufino

1 other first name also has 4,614 people.

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rufino, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Rufino ranks #19,961 of 156,621, with 1,349 people. See Rufino as a last name

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