Refugia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Refugia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,289 babies named Refugia between 1883 and 1987, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Refugia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Refugia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 338 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Refugia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 870 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Refugia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Refugia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,289 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.