Refugio
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Meaning
refuge (from Nuestra Senora del Refugio); a devotional name used for both boys and girls in earlier generations
How popular is Refugio around the world?
In the United States, 47 babies were named Refugio between 2020 and 2025. In Mexico City, there was 1 registration of Refugio in 2022.
Refugio is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City and Spain.
United States
1 in 460,000
In the United States, 47 babies were named Refugio between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Refugio has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Mexico City City
1 in 120,000
In Mexico City, there was 1 registration of Refugio in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Spain
1 in 1.3M
In Spain, 35 residents are named Refugio, ranked 19,385th among women, with a mean age of 69.6 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Not on the record in Argentina, Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Refugio
Most people given the name Refugio in the United States were born between 1950 and 1999. The Refugio you meet today is most often in their 40s or 50s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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