Refugio
Boy · reh-FOO-hee-oh · Spanish
Refugio is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “refuge”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Refugio mean?
Spanish: from a Marian title
“refuge”
From the Marian title Nuestra Señora del Refugio, 'Our Lady of Refuge', used for both boys and girls in Mexico.
- Say it
- reh-FOO-hee-oh
Is Refugio a girl's or a boy's name?
Refugio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Refugio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Refugio, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1927, with 70 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the boys named Refugio in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1988, 15% of the babies named Refugio in the US were girls.
Refugio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 42 | #1,861 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,209 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 43 | #1,523 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,480 |
| 1983 | 42 | #1,469 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,361 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 45 | #1,410 |
| 1979 | 47 | #1,352 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 41 | #1,390 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,138 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,182 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,434 |
| 1969 | 39 | #1,265 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,314 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 30 | #1,400 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,407 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,484 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,258 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,209 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,323 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,304 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,089 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,218 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,067 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,188 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,181 |
| 1951 | 52 | #971 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,104 |
| 1949 | 57 | #910 |
| 1948 | 61 | #871 |
| 1947 | 52 | #983 |
| 1946 | 53 | #911 |
| 1945 | 51 | #884 |
| 1944 | 44 | #974 |
| 1943 | 53 | #917 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,089 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,108 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,050 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1938 | 50 | #883 |
| 1937 | 49 | #880 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,068 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1934 | 45 | #942 |
| 1933 | 44 | #946 |
| 1932 | 51 | #902 |
| 1931 | 54 | #869 |
| 1930 | 53 | #915 |
| 1929 | 52 | #930 |
| 1928 | 62 | #835 |
| 1927 | 70 | #786 |
| 1926 | 58 | #875 |
| 1925 | 57 | #890 |
| 1924 | 69 | #814 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,072 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,020 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,009 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,152 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,222 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,342 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,146 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
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