Rueben
#3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,871since 1886
Rueben over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rueben has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #3,848 | 28 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 17 |
| 2023 | #4,343 | 24 |
| 2022 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #3,678 | 29 |
| 2016 | #4,470 | 22 |
| 2015 | #3,982 | 26 |
| 2014 | #3,532 | 30 |
| 2013 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,366 | 22 |
| 2009 | #2,991 | 39 |
| 2008 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2007 | #3,090 | 37 |
| 2006 | #4,105 | 23 |
| 2005 | #3,389 | 29 |
| 2004 | #2,376 | 47 |
| 2003 | #2,579 | 39 |
| 2002 | #2,817 | 33 |
| 2001 | #1,841 | 60 |
| 2000 | #2,222 | 44 |
| 1999 | #2,398 | 37 |
| 1998 | #2,274 | 39 |
| 1997 | #1,706 | 57 |
| 1996 | #1,842 | 49 |
| 1995 | #1,841 | 47 |
| 1994 | #1,851 | 46 |
| 1993 | #1,741 | 49 |
| 1992 | #1,472 | 62 |
| 1991 | #1,652 | 50 |
| 1990 | #1,306 | 72 |
| 1989 | #1,374 | 64 |
| 1988 | #1,239 | 68 |
| 1987 | #1,295 | 57 |
| 1986 | #1,199 | 63 |
| 1985 | #1,452 | 46 |
| 1984 | #1,349 | 49 |
| 1983 | #1,239 | 55 |
| 1982 | #1,229 | 57 |
| 1981 | #1,294 | 51 |
| 1980 | #1,111 | 66 |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 52 |
| 1978 | #1,240 | 52 |
| 1977 | #1,198 | 54 |
| 1976 | #1,163 | 54 |
| 1975 | #1,099 | 58 |
| 1974 | #1,290 | 43 |
| 1973 | #1,163 | 50 |
| 1972 | #1,069 | 57 |
| 1971 | #1,330 | 40 |
| 1970 | #1,207 | 47 |
| 1969 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #1,339 | 33 |
| 1967 | #1,150 | 42 |
| 1966 | #1,116 | 44 |
| 1965 | #1,129 | 44 |
| 1964 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1963 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1962 | #1,028 | 55 |
| 1961 | #1,233 | 41 |
| 1960 | #1,115 | 49 |
| 1959 | #1,280 | 37 |
| 1958 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1957 | #1,029 | 54 |
| 1956 | #1,232 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1954 | #1,186 | 40 |
| 1953 | #1,245 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,268 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,123 | 40 |
| 1949 | #1,029 | 46 |
| 1948 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,252 | 34 |
| 1946 | #1,355 | 27 |
| 1945 | #1,327 | 25 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,140 | 36 |
| 1942 | #1,167 | 35 |
| 1941 | #1,187 | 31 |
| 1940 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,031 | 38 |
| 1936 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,148 | 33 |
| 1934 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | #1,078 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,015 | 43 |
| 1930 | #976 | 48 |
| 1929 | #1,044 | 43 |
| 1928 | #963 | 50 |
| 1927 | #990 | 50 |
| 1926 | #840 | 62 |
| 1925 | #924 | 53 |
| 1924 | #872 | 62 |
| 1923 | #821 | 67 |
| 1922 | #809 | 69 |
| 1921 | #800 | 72 |
| 1920 | #965 | 51 |
| 1919 | #839 | 61 |
| 1918 | #855 | 59 |
| 1917 | #839 | 58 |
| 1916 | #998 | 41 |
| 1915 | #868 | 50 |
| 1914 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #1,023 | 24 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Rueben! It came in at #758, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rueben is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- North Dakota#137 · 1 in 754
- South Dakota#161 · 1 in 829
- Wisconsin#268 · 1 in 2,777
- Minnesota#296 · 1 in 2,910
Best ever in a state: #110 in North Dakota, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #137 | 9 | 1 in 754 |
| South Dakota | #161 | 7 | 1 in 829 |
| Wisconsin | #268 | 8 | 1 in 2,777 |
| Minnesota | #296 | 7 | 1 in 2,910 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,595 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #3,848)
- 2,132 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #3,848)
- 134 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #3,848)
- Biggest jump: 387 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #866)
- Biggest drop: 381 spots in 1912 (#793 → #1,174)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #758 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1914–1928
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,292
- Highest: 1 in 13,292 boys born in 1911 were named Rueben (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #758 in 1886, was only 1 in 15,826 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 11.9% of all boys named Rueben (579) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #758 (1886) | #758 |
| 1890s | 26 | #814 (1890) | #889 |
| 1900s | 41 | #794 (1902) | #1,030 |
| 1910s | 376 | #793 (1911) | #934 |
| 1920s | 579 | #800 (1921) | #903 |
| 1930s | 314 | #976 (1930) | #1,260 |
| 1940s | 311 | #1,029 (1949) | #1,255 |
| 1950s | 398 | #1,029 (1957) | #1,200 |
| 1960s | 422 | #1,028 (1962) | #1,203 |
| 1970s | 507 | #1,069 (1972) | #1,203 |
| 1980s | 576 | #1,111 (1980) | #1,278 |
| 1990s | 508 | #1,306 (1990) | #1,808 |
| 2000s | 391 | #1,841 (2001) | #2,836 |
| 2010s | 277 | #3,115 (2012) | #3,832 |
| 2020s | 138 | #3,691 (2022) | #4,571 |
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.
Rueben in 1918
boys
#855
59 births · 1 in 17,178 boys
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 17,178 of them was named Rueben, which outranked 82.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).