Ruben

Where Ruben comes from

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ruben
  • Hebrew
Ruben through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #305 among boys, with 30 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1974
    Ruben Östlund born
    Swedish film director and screenwriter
  3. 1980
    Peak, #165
    1,487 babies named Ruben, its best rank.
  4. 1985
    Ruben Amorim born
    Portuguese professional football manager and former player
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #415.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Reuben.
Namesakes
  • Ruben Amorim · Portuguese professional football manager and former player, born 1985
  • Ruben Östlund · Swedish film director and screenwriter, born 1974
  • Ruben Loftus-Cheek · English association football player, born 1996
  • Ruben Vargas · Swiss association football player, born 1998
  • Ruben Fleischer · American film director, born 1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.