Rufino

Popularity Trends

The name Rufino is the #6,106 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,640 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 21.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,047 (33.5% percentile) for all time with 1,640 births since 1914.

Rufino first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914). Birth data for Rufino is available in 108 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Rufino reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #512) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rufino ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 23.8% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rufino".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

1,640

Peak Births

Peak Year

1927

First Recorded

1914

Peak Percentile

5.0%

Current Percentile

0.8%

Peak Rank

#512

Current Rank

#904

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Rufino", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Rufino.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Rufino's popularity from 1911 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Rufino at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Rufino range from Edmundo at 76.2% correlation to Lauro at 72.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 73.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Eloy with 8.2K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Magdaleno with 995 births (100% boys).

Rufino's share of births peaked at 27.5 births per million for boys in 1927. It reached its lowest point of 3.4 births per million (12% of peak) in 2014. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Rufino had 6.6 births per million, 24% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Edmundo

3,276

76.19% (strong)

Apolinar

1,297

75.09% (strong)

Cirilo

1,122

74.73% (strong)

Benigno

1,603

73.92% (strong)

Delfino

2,339

73.68% (strong)

Magdaleno

995

73.40% (strong)

Serafin

1,740

73.38% (strong)

Bernabe

1,787

72.91% (strong)

Eloy

8,233

72.84% (strong)

Amador

3,325

72.61% (strong)

Enedina

2,816

72.38% (strong)

Lauro

2,135

72.11% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Rufino

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Rufino. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Rufino is pronounced as rue-FEE-noh, which has 3 syllables.

rue-FEE-noh

100.0%

rue-FEE-noh (3 syllables)

100.0% confidence

R UW0 F IY1 N OW0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like R UW0 F IY1 N OW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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