Rube
Last seen for boys in 1973 at #5,101
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 612since 1880
Rube over time
Rank among boys' names. Rube has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
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| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
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| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #743 | 12 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #701 | 10 |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #547 | 12 |
| 1883 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rube was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Rube
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1973
- Biggest jump: 403 spots in 1903 (#1,137 → #734)
- Biggest drop: 351 spots in 1908 (#866 → #1,217)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #547 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1880–1892
- Highest: 1 in 9,197 boys born in 1896 were named Rube (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 311,715 boys born in 1973 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #547 in 1884, was only 1 in 9,537 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.4% of all boys named Rube (125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 86 | #547 (1884) | #689 |
| 1890s | 66 | #592 (1896) | #802 |
| 1900s | 77 | #734 (1903) | #925 |
| 1910s | 125 | #1,353 (1912) | #1,797 |
| 1920s | 115 | #1,820 (1920) | #2,640 |
| 1930s | 67 | #2,313 (1932) | #2,717 |
| 1940s | 43 | #2,732 (1943) | #3,168 |
| 1950s | 22 | #3,505 (1955) | #3,683 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,537 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,101 (1973) | #5,101 |
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.
Rube in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
boys
114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 9,537 of them was named Rube, which outranked 51.4% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).