Rufino
Rufino was last recorded in 2024, when 9 babies were given it; 1,650 Americans have been recorded with it between 1914 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,160 Americans named Rufino and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (70% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 23 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rufino by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rufino mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Rufino is “a male given name”
/ruˈfino/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rufino?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,838, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
32 babies in 1927, the peak
Rufino peaked in 1927, when 32 boys were given it, #1,319 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,838 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 12 | #7,208 | 7.0 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,650 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,697 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 7 | #10,388 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,535 | 6.1 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,518 | 6.1 |
| 2017 | 10 | #8,020 | 5.4 |
| 2016 | 8 | #9,501 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 7 | #10,401 | 3.7 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | #10,499 | 3.6 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,540 | 6.9 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,946 | 6.3 |
| 2011 | 18 | #5,150 | 9.5 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,476 | 5.7 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,500 | 8.6 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,365 | 11.3 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,344 | 11.1 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,757 | 13.1 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,989 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,101 | 11.1 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,215 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,434 | 5.7 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,424 | 9.3 |
| 2000 | 29 | #3,053 | 14.8 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,296 | 8.9 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,598 | 7.8 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,428 | 11.1 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,893 | 13.7 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,999 | 12.6 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,561 | 9.8 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,778 | 8.7 |
| 1992 | 22 | #3,087 | 11.0 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,599 | 8.4 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,849 | 11.2 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,415 | 8.5 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,663 | 11.5 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,303 | 8.0 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,863 | 9.8 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,342 | 12.4 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,641 | 6.6 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,769 | 9.5 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,802 | 9.4 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,130 | 14.0 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,349 | 12.3 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,873 | 9.3 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,260 | 12.8 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,564 | 6.7 |
| 1976 | 13 | #3,064 | 8.3 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,188 | 13.4 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,773 | 8.9 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,487 | 10.3 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,556 | 5.6 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,599 | 5.1 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,383 | 8.6 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,289 | 8.4 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,885 | 10.9 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,118 | 8.6 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,200 | 7.8 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,948 | 4.8 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,184 | 7.5 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,186 | 7.4 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,260 | 6.8 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,988 | 8.5 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,516 | 5.6 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,280 | 6.6 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,484 | 5.7 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,261 | 6.5 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,006 | 8.0 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,122 | 7.3 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,944 | 8.3 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,884 | 9.1 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,927 | 8.7 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,826 | 9.6 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,418 | 6.1 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,107 | 7.9 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,599 | 12.5 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,904 | 9.3 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,938 | 9.2 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,954 | 5.2 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,673 | 13.2 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,166 | 9.1 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,932 | 10.9 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,810 | 13.0 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,883 | 12.9 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,783 | 14.5 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,075 | 11.7 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,453 | 9.4 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,949 | 13.5 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,907 | 7.7 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,773 | 16.5 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,891 | 15.1 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,197 | 12.5 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,276 | 11.8 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,565 | 10.2 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,748 | 18.1 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,319 | 28.4 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,411 | 11.7 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,069 | 14.3 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,987 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,312 | 12.8 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,462 | 11.9 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,607 | 10.9 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,435 | 12.2 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,688 | 5.1 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,654 | 6.9 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,910 | 9.7 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,819 | 6.7 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,205 | 9.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rufino a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rufino has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 109 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rufino: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rufino, and how old are they?
1,160 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 70% of the 1,650 Americans ever recorded as Rufino. The median Rufino alive today is 38 years old; half are between 23 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 4,614 people named Rufino (17 women and girls, 4,597 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,191 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 46 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 193 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 213 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 298 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 291 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 114 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rufino born?
The states with the most babies named Rufino are Texas, California and New York, with 99% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 413 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| California | 215 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New York | 21 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Mexico | 7 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Rufino is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rufino is most over-represented in Texas: since 1914 it was given 3.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rufino with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rufino
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rufino and names like it
- Compare Rufino and DelfinoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sRufino peaked in 1927.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rufino since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Rufino: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1927The year the most babies were named Rufino.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Rufino alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.