Refugio — #6821 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Refugio

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,974 babies named Refugio between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Refugio currently holds the #6821 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 70 babies received it in a single year. Refugio is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 863 additional births since 1890.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Refugio performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 545 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Refugio shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,847 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Refugio in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Refugio 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 3,974 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.