How Many People Are Named Rufina?

481

people named Rufina are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 710,571 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,041 babies named Rufina in Social Security records from 1892 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#16,935

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#9,699

See the top 100

Peak Year

1928

32 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Russian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Pronunciation: roo-FEE-na (Spanish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of RUFINUS.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Rufina in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Rufina alive today is about 49 years old, and 41% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 28 and 73 in 2025.

Under 30 135
28.1%
30 to 59 150
31.2%
60 and over 196
40.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Rufina first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 1928, to 32 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Rufina has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,389, in 1928. In 2025 it ranked #14,594.

Girls
Rank in 2025#14,594
Best rank#1,389 (1928)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,729 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Rufina alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Rufina were born in Texas than in any other state: about 39 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rufina was given 51.7 times as often in New Mexico, 9.8 times in Texas and 4.2 times in California.

Texas 39
California 20
New Mexico 10

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