Refugia
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · Last seen for boys in 1926 at #4,201
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,289since 1883
Refugia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Refugia has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
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| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,245 | 33 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,442 | 26 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,346 | 30 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,257 | 35 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,198 | 41 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #1,324 | 36 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 41 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,514 | 30 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 35 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five girls were named Refugia! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Refugia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #920 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1883–1887
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,854
- Highest: 1 in 20,854 girls born in 1887 were named Refugia (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 347,726 girls born in 1987 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #920 in 1883, was only 1 in 22,464 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 26.2% of all girls named Refugia (338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #920 (1883) | #929 |
| 1890s | 21 | #1,094 (1897) | #1,244 |
| 1900s | 102 | #1,057 (1905) | #1,239 |
| 1910s | 211 | #1,091 (1913) | #1,449 |
| 1920s | 338 | #1,198 (1926) | #1,383 |
| 1930s | 254 | #1,245 (1936) | #1,533 |
| 1940s | 162 | #1,760 (1942) | #2,374 |
| 1950s | 107 | #2,266 (1952) | #4,057 |
| 1960s | 51 | #3,879 (1964) | #5,067 |
| 1970s | 26 | #6,006 (1971) | #7,475 |
| 1980s | 5 | #11,325 (1987) | #11,325 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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