Reuben
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #883 for boys in 2025, 269 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 92 births
- Debut · boys
- 92 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 32,145since 1880
Reuben over time
Rank among boys' names. Reuben has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #883 | 269 | |
| 2024 | — | #857 | 283 | |
| 2023 | — | #809 | 303 | |
| 2022 | — | #852 | 285 | |
| 2021 | — | #879 | 263 | |
| 2020 | — | #907 | 246 | |
| 2019 | — | #890 | 245 | |
| 2018 | — | #927 | 229 | |
| 2017 | — | #895 | 240 | |
| 2016 | — | #874 | 251 | |
| 2015 | — | #868 | 258 | |
| 2014 | — | #844 | 267 | |
| 2013 | — | #880 | 237 | |
| 2012 | — | #946 | 215 | |
| 2011 | — | #928 | 215 | |
| 2010 | — | #976 | 202 | |
| 2009 | — | #867 | 242 | |
| 2008 | — | #918 | 223 | |
| 2007 | — | #889 | 226 | |
| 2006 | — | #851 | 236 | |
| 2005 | — | #834 | 222 | |
| 2004 | — | #798 | 226 | |
| 2003 | — | #760 | 233 | |
| 2002 | — | #738 | 236 | |
| 2001 | — | #774 | 220 | |
| 2000 | — | #773 | 215 | |
| 1999 | — | #710 | 234 | |
| 1998 | — | #717 | 231 | |
| 1997 | — | #739 | 205 | |
| 1996 | — | #704 | 225 | |
| 1995 | — | #706 | 226 | |
| 1994 | — | #661 | 247 | |
| 1993 | — | #665 | 240 | |
| 1992 | — | #658 | 249 | |
| 1991 | — | #616 | 275 | |
| 1990 | — | #580 | 304 | |
| 1989 | — | #575 | 287 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #555 | 274 |
| 1987 | — | #526 | 292 | |
| 1986 | — | #514 | 295 | |
| 1985 | — | #522 | 279 | |
| 1984 | — | #542 | 255 | |
| 1983 | — | #542 | 240 | |
| 1982 | — | #521 | 267 | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #506 | 276 |
| 1980 | — | #495 | 294 | |
| 1979 | — | #515 | 267 | |
| 1978 | — | #472 | 295 | |
| 1977 | — | #476 | 287 | |
| 1976 | — | #483 | 269 | |
| 1975 | — | #530 | 229 | |
| 1974 | — | #506 | 245 | |
| 1973 | — | #537 | 212 | |
| 1972 | — | #516 | 231 | |
| 1971 | — | #505 | 259 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #510 | 248 |
| 1969 | — | #620 | 160 | |
| 1968 | — | #565 | 181 | |
| 1967 | — | #560 | 178 | |
| 1966 | — | #574 | 174 | |
| 1965 | — | #524 | 214 | |
| 1964 | — | #509 | 236 | |
| 1963 | — | #511 | 246 | |
| 1962 | — | #540 | 214 | |
| 1961 | — | #533 | 222 | |
| 1960 | — | #497 | 251 | |
| 1959 | — | #503 | 242 | |
| 1958 | — | #524 | 216 | |
| 1957 | — | #500 | 241 | |
| 1956 | — | #511 | 220 | |
| 1955 | — | #496 | 221 | |
| 1954 | — | #539 | 180 | |
| 1953 | — | #494 | 201 | |
| 1952 | — | #451 | 246 | |
| 1951 | — | #457 | 220 | |
| 1950 | — | #464 | 206 | |
| 1949 | — | #458 | 207 | |
| 1948 | — | #456 | 213 | |
| 1947 | — | #473 | 202 | |
| 1946 | — | #421 | 227 | |
| 1945 | — | #442 | 181 | |
| 1944 | — | #426 | 204 | |
| 1943 | — | #443 | 201 | |
| 1942 | — | #412 | 222 | |
| 1941 | — | #396 | 213 | |
| 1940 | — | #424 | 190 | |
| 1939 | — | #426 | 178 | |
| 1938 | — | #382 | 217 | |
| 1937 | — | #385 | 203 | |
| 1936 | — | #378 | 209 | |
| 1935 | — | #359 | 227 | |
| 1934 | — | #363 | 225 | |
| 1933 | — | #359 | 229 | |
| 1932 | — | #351 | 248 | |
| 1931 | — | #349 | 250 | |
| 1930 | — | #329 | 283 | |
| 1929 | — | #326 | 290 | |
| 1928 | — | #321 | 303 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #296 | 375 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #298 | 367 |
| 1925 | — | #301 | 361 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #273 | 435 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #275 | 426 |
| 1922 | — | #271 | 439 | |
| 1921 | — | #278 | 399 | |
| 1920 | — | #254 | 465 | |
| 1919 | — | #255 | 432 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #249 | 453 |
| 1917 | — | #243 | 430 | |
| 1916 | — | #238 | 441 | |
| 1915 | — | #231 | 431 | |
| 1914 | — | #216 | 372 | |
| 1913 | — | #216 | 293 | |
| 1912 | — | #235 | 220 | |
| 1911 | — | #245 | 109 | |
| 1910 | — | #249 | 93 | |
| 1909 | — | #226 | 91 | |
| 1908 | — | #199 | 102 | |
| 1907 | — | #215 | 88 | |
| 1906 | — | #222 | 79 | |
| 1905 | — | #197 | 88 | |
| 1904 | — | #219 | 71 | |
| 1903 | — | #225 | 65 | |
| 1902 | — | #197 | 82 | |
| 1901 | — | #204 | 68 | |
| 1900 | — | #210 | 86 | |
| 1899 | — | #205 | 64 | |
| 1898 | — | #193 | 78 | |
| 1897 | — | #186 | 82 | |
| 1896 | — | #178 | 90 | |
| 1895 | — | #151 | 102 | |
| 1894 | — | #173 | 87 | |
| 1893 | — | #168 | 86 | |
| 1892 | — | #177 | 89 | |
| 1891 | — | #171 | 75 | |
| 1890 | — | #178 | 75 | |
| 1889 | — | #183 | 73 | |
| 1888 | — | #176 | 84 | |
| 1887 | — | #210 | 54 | |
| 1886 | — | #171 | 81 | |
| 1885 | — | #181 | 72 | |
| 1884 | — | #171 | 82 | |
| 1883 | — | #200 | 57 | |
| 1882 | — | #184 | 73 | |
| 1881 | — | #165 | 73 | |
| 1880 | — | #147 | 92 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Reuben was already there! It came in at #147, and was given to 92 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 82 boys a year got the name.
See more about Reuben
- 26 spots since 2024 (#857 → #883)
- 24 spots since 2020 (#907 → #883)
- 15 spots since 2015 (#868 → #883)
- Biggest jump: 110 spots in 1970 (#620 → #510)
- Biggest drop: 109 spots in 2010 (#867 → #976)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #147 (92 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,151 boys born in 1895 were named Reuben (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,350 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #147 in 1880, was only 1 in 1,201 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 12.0% of all boys named Reuben (3,860) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 741 | #147 (1880) | #179 |
| 1890s | 828 | #151 (1895) | #178 |
| 1900s | 820 | #197 (1905) | #211 |
| 1910s | 3,274 | #216 (1914) | #238 |
| 1920s | 3,860 | #254 (1920) | #289 |
| 1930s | 2,269 | #329 (1930) | #368 |
| 1940s | 2,060 | #396 (1941) | #435 |
| 1950s | 2,193 | #451 (1952) | #494 |
| 1960s | 2,076 | #497 (1960) | #543 |
| 1970s | 2,542 | #472 (1978) | #505 |
| 1980s | 2,759 | #495 (1980) | #530 |
| 1990s | 2,436 | #580 (1990) | #676 |
| 2000s | 2,279 | #738 (2002) | #820 |
| 2010s | 2,359 | #844 (2014) | #903 |
| 2020s | 1,649 | #809 (2023) | #865 |
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.
Reuben in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 356,171 of them was named Reuben, which outranked 15.0% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 6,986 of them was named Reuben, which outranked 93.5% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).