Reuel
- #3,314 for boys in 2025, 35 births
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 958since 1893
Reuel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Reuel has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,314 | 35 |
| 2024 | #3,986 | 27 |
| 2023 | #3,802 | 29 |
| 2022 | #3,995 | 27 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1909 | — | |
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| 1907 | — | |
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| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1893
The first year at least five boys were named Reuel! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Reuel is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| Texas | #1,908 | 8 | 1 in 21,881 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Reuel
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,921 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #3,314)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1893 at #907 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,720
- Highest: 1 in 18,720 boys born in 1893 were named Reuel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 15.8% of all boys named Reuel (151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #907 (1893) | #1,014 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,058 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,580 (1913) | #2,219 |
| 1920s | 120 | #1,592 (1920) | #2,560 |
| 1930s | 83 | #1,848 (1932) | #2,653 |
| 1940s | 62 | #2,309 (1944) | #2,777 |
| 1950s | 72 | #2,111 (1959) | #3,090 |
| 1960s | 38 | #2,907 (1968) | #3,600 |
| 1970s | 39 | #3,558 (1974) | #4,582 |
| 1980s | 41 | #3,838 (1980) | #5,550 |
| 1990s | 51 | #5,360 (1993) | #7,709 |
| 2000s | 77 | #6,763 (2008) | #8,819 |
| 2010s | 122 | #5,035 (2012) | #6,858 |
| 2020s | 151 | #3,314 (2025) | #4,316 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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