Rufina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-FEE-nah
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Rufina is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “red-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Rufina mean?
Latin: feminine of Rufinus, from rufus 'red'
“red-haired”
Saints Justa and Rufina, 3rd-century martyrs, are the patron saints of Seville.
Is Rufina a girl's or a boy's name?
Rufina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rufina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Rufina, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1928, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the girls named Rufina in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rufina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,802 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,554 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,365 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,482 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,503 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,637 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,291 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,172 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,208 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
Nicknames for Rufina
- Rufi
Names like Rufina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rufina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rufina, updated 20 October 2026.