Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Refugia

#5,947 most common girls' name of all time · #10,050 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1883–1987

Rank among girls
#5,947
Rank overall
#10,050 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
1,294
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #1,209
Best rank
#1,005 1887
Girls Boys peak 46/yr
19001920194019601980

Refugia first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1987 5 5 #11,398
1977 5 5 #9,732
1975 7 7 #7,217
1971 8 8 #6,049
1970 6 6 #7,120
1968 6 6 #6,305
1964 12 12 #3,897
1963 11 11 #4,052
1962 6 6 #5,919
1961 11 11 #4,035
1960 5 5 #6,452
1959 5 5 #6,309
1958 9 9 #4,222
1957 5 5 #6,156
1956 8 8 #4,502
1955 7 7 #4,788
1954 18 18 #2,617
1953 14 14 #2,949
1952 21 21 #2,279
1951 8 8 #4,054
1950 12 12 #3,092
1949 21 21 #2,156
1948 16 16 #2,515
1947 17 17 #2,460
1946 10 10 #3,257
1945 10 10 #2,954
1944 14 14 #2,426
1943 12 12 #2,721
1942 23 23 #1,773
1941 19 19 #1,905
1940 20 20 #1,804
1939 17 17 #1,974
1938 17 17 #1,965
1937 24 24 #1,547
1936 33 33 #1,248
1935 27 27 #1,426
1934 20 20 #1,718
1933 26 26 #1,448
1932 30 30 #1,359
1931 26 26 #1,476
1930 34 34 #1,299
1929 35 35 #1,268
1928 34 34 #1,322
1927 25 25 #1,687
1926 41 5 46 #1,209
1925 36 36 #1,332
1924 34 34 #1,422
1923 41 41 #1,219
1922 36 36 #1,321
1921 30 30 #1,522
1920 26 26 #1,639
1919 35 35 #1,306
1918 28 28 #1,513
1917 25 25 #1,521
1916 16 16 #2,067
1915 22 22 #1,594
1914 19 19 #1,505
1913 25 25 #1,107
1912 17 17 #1,322
1911 13 13 #1,330
1910 11 11 #1,460
1909 14 14 #1,128
1908 11 11 #1,307
1907 13 13 #1,117
1906 11 11 #1,187
1905 13 13 #1,079
1904 7 7 #1,546
1903 7 7 #1,496
1902 10 10 #1,181
1901 8 8 #1,289
1900 8 8 #1,479
1897 9 9 #1,132
1895 7 7 #1,352
1890 5 5 #1,419
1887 7 7 #1,005
1883 5 5 #1,047