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Refugio

#8,765 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Refuge, shelter

Refugio has been given to 4,847 babies in the U.S. since 1885. In 2025 it ranked #8,765 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1927, with 70 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% boys, 18% girls all-time.

Babies named Refugio, 2025

1 in 368,000

Refugio over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Refugio over time

In 2025, Refugio went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18852025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Refugio: meaning, origin, and history

Refuge, shelter

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Refugio means

Refugio means “refuge, shelter”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,984 boys were recorded with the name Refugio between 1885 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 70 in 1927; its best national rank was #795 in 1927.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,356 in 2020 to #8,765 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,778 in 2015 to #8,765 in 2025.

In the United States, 863 girls were recorded with the name Refugio between 1890 and 1988. Its highest annual count was 39 in 1920; its best national rank was #1,156 in 1892.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Refugio?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,765
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Refugio sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Refugio. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Refugios were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Refugio was born before 1955 — so the typical Refugio is around 70 today.

Median birth year
1955
About 70 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
13.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.8%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,218
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Choose a decade

1920s — 13.7% of all recorded uses (545).

Is Refugio rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,596
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,591
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,013
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
12.9%
Peak was 1927 (70)
Years since peak
98
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#795
1927

Spellings of Refugio

Refugio is the most-used spelling, taking 83.2% of the 4,789 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Refugio is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Refugio was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 13,854 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in —).

014 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 7,143
  2. 2California1 in 16,667
  3. 3Arizona1 in 20,000
  4. 4New Mexico1 in 20,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Refugio has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Refugio is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Refugio was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 68,303 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in 100,000).

12 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Refugio has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Refugio

People whose public names include Refugio, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Refugio by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,765
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,591
Best rank ever
#795
1927
Peak year
1927
70 that year
First recorded
1885
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,984
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,156
1892
Peak year
1920
39 that year
First recorded
1890
Last recorded
1988
All-time count
863
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Refugio

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Refugio

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Refugio, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MargaritoPrenticePorfirioFlorencioLovellTrinidadAnastacioEusebioSherwinFlorentinoDeltonGlendon

Sibling names for Refugio

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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