Ruben
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242 · #480 for boys in 2025, 632 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 1,487 births
- Debut · boys
- 30 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 116,552since 1880
Ruben over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ruben has never cracked the top 100 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #480 | 632 | |
| 2024 | — | #504 | 607 | |
| 2023 | — | #481 | 629 | |
| 2022 | — | #458 | 670 | |
| 2021 | — | #460 | 653 | |
| 2020 | — | #465 | 637 | |
| 2019 | — | #415 | 743 | |
| 2018 | — | #416 | 753 | |
| 2017 | — | #418 | 749 | |
| 2016 | — | #396 | 801 | |
| 2015 | — | #374 | 864 | |
| 2014 | — | #359 | 893 | |
| 2013 | — | #355 | 889 | |
| 2012 | — | #329 | 959 | |
| 2011 | — | #323 | 977 | |
| 2010 | — | #297 | 1,102 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #282 | 1,199 |
| 2008 | — | #257 | 1,356 | |
| 2007 | — | #243 | 1,479 | |
| 2006 | — | #225 | 1,597 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #234 | 1,466 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #218 | 1,601 |
| 2003 | — | #215 | 1,655 | |
| 2002 | — | #219 | 1,572 | |
| 2001 | — | #207 | 1,736 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #206 | 1,718 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #209 | 1,637 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #205 | 1,583 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #199 | 1,595 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #190 | 1,663 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #184 | 1,697 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #181 | 1,725 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #184 | 1,749 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #178 | 1,805 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | #183 | 1,732 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #178 | 1,744 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #186 | 1,598 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #178 | 1,594 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #180 | 1,527 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #186 | 1,382 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #180 | 1,454 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #183 | 1,374 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #174 | 1,497 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #177 | 1,472 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #169 | 1,473 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | #165 | 1,487 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #172 | 1,396 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #172 | 1,380 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #173 | 1,365 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #171 | 1,360 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #172 | 1,376 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #172 | 1,382 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #179 | 1,309 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #184 | 1,321 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #191 | 1,323 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #198 | 1,326 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #201 | 1,236 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #204 | 1,138 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #197 | 1,174 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #200 | 1,195 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #212 | 1,149 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #208 | 1,348 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #218 | 1,260 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #207 | 1,380 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #206 | 1,386 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #208 | 1,357 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #209 | 1,359 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #202 | 1,372 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #197 | 1,380 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #199 | 1,371 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #199 | 1,293 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | #198 | 1,259 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #202 | 1,200 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #201 | 1,095 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #200 | 1,040 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #200 | 1,026 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #203 | 998 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #209 | 908 |
| 1947 | — | #238 | 738 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #241 | 647 |
| 1945 | — | #238 | 560 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #262 | 507 |
| 1943 | — | #260 | 544 | |
| 1942 | — | #262 | 514 | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #258 | 460 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #266 | 443 |
| 1939 | — | #254 | 450 | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #259 | 445 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #238 | 489 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #238 | 481 |
| 1935 | — | #240 | 489 | |
| 1934 | — | #255 | 443 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #266 | 398 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #247 | 469 |
| 1931 | — | #247 | 465 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #243 | 515 |
| 1929 | — | #253 | 486 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #253 | 491 |
| 1927 | — | #264 | 479 | |
| 1926 | — | #270 | 440 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #277 | 427 |
| 1924 | — | #289 | 398 | |
| 1923 | — | #293 | 368 | |
| 1922 | — | #300 | 361 | |
| 1921 | — | #301 | 357 | |
| 1920 | — | #313 | 336 | |
| 1919 | — | #330 | 292 | |
| 1918 | — | #338 | 286 | |
| 1917 | — | #315 | 289 | |
| 1916 | — | #349 | 237 | |
| 1915 | — | #330 | 256 | |
| 1914 | — | #324 | 199 | |
| 1913 | — | #329 | 154 | |
| 1912 | — | #321 | 134 | |
| 1911 | — | #357 | 59 | |
| 1910 | — | #267 | 83 | |
| 1909 | — | #264 | 71 | |
| 1908 | — | #278 | 60 | |
| 1907 | — | #266 | 62 | |
| 1906 | — | #273 | 52 | |
| 1905 | — | #314 | 41 | |
| 1904 | — | #322 | 38 | |
| 1903 | — | #257 | 50 | |
| 1902 | — | #282 | 45 | |
| 1901 | — | #294 | 35 | |
| 1900 | — | #292 | 50 | |
| 1899 | — | #311 | 32 | |
| 1898 | — | #266 | 45 | |
| 1897 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1896 | — | #259 | 49 | |
| 1895 | — | #295 | 37 | |
| 1894 | — | #306 | 33 | |
| 1893 | — | #273 | 41 | |
| 1892 | — | #270 | 44 | |
| 1891 | — | #340 | 25 | |
| 1890 | — | #351 | 25 | |
| 1889 | — | #294 | 33 | |
| 1888 | — | #404 | 21 | |
| 1887 | — | #276 | 34 | |
| 1886 | — | #267 | 40 | |
| 1885 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1884 | — | #331 | 28 | |
| 1883 | — | #298 | 30 | |
| 1882 | — | #294 | 34 | |
| 1881 | — | #360 | 21 | |
| 1880 | — | #305 | 30 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ruben was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 30 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 31 boys a year got the name.
Where Ruben is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New Mexico#53 · 1 in 216
- Texas#154 · 1 in 777
- Florida#157 · 1 in 869
- North Dakota#201 · 1 in 1,321
- Wisconsin#207 · 1 in 1,734
Best ever in a state: #30 in Arizona, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #53 | 14 | 1 in 216 |
| Texas | #154 | 51 | 1 in 777 |
| Florida | #157 | 9 | 1 in 869 |
| North Dakota | #201 | 5 | 1 in 1,321 |
| Wisconsin | #207 | 12 | 1 in 1,734 |
| Oklahoma | #213 | 13 | 1 in 1,279 |
| Minnesota | #218 | 11 | 1 in 1,719 |
| South Carolina | #223 | 10 | 1 in 1,689 |
| Nebraska | #229 | 6 | 1 in 1,801 |
| Georgia | #232 | 15 | 1 in 1,745 |
| Mississippi | #238 | 10 | 1 in 1,601 |
| Arkansas | #251 | 10 | 1 in 1,485 |
| Tennessee | #251 | 10 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Louisiana | #260 | 9 | 1 in 1,682 |
| Alabama | #267 | 10 | 1 in 2,024 |
| North Carolina | #277 | 12 | 1 in 2,203 |
| Michigan | #286 | 10 | 1 in 2,935 |
| Kentucky | #318 | 7 | 1 in 2,842 |
| Missouri | #342 | 7 | 1 in 3,494 |
| Illinois | #407 | 7 | 1 in 7,148 |
| New York | #469 | 8 | 1 in 10,628 |
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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
Holding steady
- 24 spots since 2024 (#504 → #480)
- 15 spots since 2020 (#465 → #480)
- 106 spots since 2015 (#374 → #480)
- Biggest jump: 110 spots in 1889 (#404 → #294)
- Biggest drop: 128 spots in 1888 (#276 → #404)
Rise & fade · boys
100 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1980 at #165 (1,487 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 39 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,107
- Highest: 1 in 1,107 boys born in 1992 were named Ruben (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,703 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #165 in 1980, was only 1 in 1,200 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 14.5% of all boys named Ruben (16,930) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 299 | #267 (1886) | #315 |
| 1890s | 373 | #259 (1896) | #295 |
| 1900s | 504 | #257 (1903) | #284 |
| 1910s | 1,989 | #267 (1910) | #326 |
| 1920s | 4,143 | #253 (1928) | #281 |
| 1930s | 4,644 | #238 (1937) | #249 |
| 1940s | 6,319 | #203 (1949) | #244 |
| 1950s | 12,395 | #197 (1957) | #201 |
| 1960s | 12,623 | #197 (1967) | #206 |
| 1970s | 13,538 | #171 (1976) | #178 |
| 1980s | 14,858 | #165 (1980) | #178 |
| 1990s | 16,930 | #178 (1992) | #189 |
| 2000s | 15,379 | #206 (2000) | #231 |
| 2010s | 8,730 | #297 (2010) | #368 |
| 2020s | 3,828 | #458 (2022) | #475 |
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.
Ruben in 1917
boys
#315
289 births · 1 in 3,202 boys
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 3,202 of them was named Ruben, which outranked 93.2% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Ruben
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.