How Many People Are Named Rufino?

1,168

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

About 1 in 292,624 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,650 babies named Rufino in Social Security records from 1914 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,583

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,521

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Peak Year

1927

32 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronunciation: roo-FEE-no (Italian, Spanish)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of RUFINUS.

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

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Rufino in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Rufino alive today is about 40 years old, and 41% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 57 in 2025.

Under 30 431
36.9%
30 to 59 480
41.1%
60 and over 257
22%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Rufino first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1927, to 32 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2024

🏆 Rank History

Rufino has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,319, in 1927.

Boys
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,319 (1927)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#4,345 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Rufino were born in Texas than in any other state: about 225 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rufino was given 8.9 times as often in Texas and 3.5 times in California.

Texas 225
California 185
New York 17

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