In 2025, 9 US boys were named Refugio, making it the 8,769th most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,595 places from #7,174 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 12 boys named Refugio in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #795, reached in 1927. That year also had the most boys given the name: 70. For comparison, it was #11,784 in 2015 and #1,119 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Refugio in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,156, reached in 1892. The most girls given the name in a single year was 39, in 1920. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #4,236 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Refugio in 129 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 5 babies. In all, 4,847 US babies have been given the name, 18% of them girls and 82% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 829 babies named Refugio.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 77 US boys were named Refugio; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 13. In 2025 that was about 1 in 189,786 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Refugia are summarised on this page.