Masculine dossier · first seen 1885

Refugio

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Refugio
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1885Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

82.9%

2024

All-time

3,974

Refugio has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1927, when 70 boys were named Refugio.

In 2024, only 12 boys were given the name.

Down 82.9% from its peak.

All told, about 3,974 Americans have been named Refugio and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1885.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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