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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Rufina

Rufina was the 14599th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 1390th with 32 babies. More babies were named Rufina in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#14,599 girls, up 2,463 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
6girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
192832 babies
Total since 1880
1,041babies recorded

Rufina popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#14,5996
2020#17,0625
2010#19,2875
2000#11,5668
1990#9,9518
1980#8,8557
1970#7,7886
1960#4,7089
1950#4,2538
1940#3,8037
1930#2,01018
1920#2,24717
1910#1,50411
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Rufina, counting every spelling?

Rufina has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Rufina?

6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rufina (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rufina born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rufina.

Chance of another Rufina in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Rufina?

About 500 people born in the US named Rufina are alive today, with a median age of 48; half are between 29 and 73. That makes Rufina mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Rufina: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rufina, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Rufina

How popular is the name Rufina?

Rufina was the 14599th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 1390th with 32 babies. More babies were named Rufina in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Rufina a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Rufina in the US.