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

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Peak · boys
#165
1980 · 1,487 births
Debut · boys
1880
30 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
116,552
since 1880

Ruben over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ruben has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #165, 1980boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#480632
2024—#504607
2023—#481629
2022—#458670
2021—#460653
2020—#465637
2019—#415743
2018—#416753
2017—#418749
2016—#396801
2015—#374864
2014—#359893
2013—#355889
2012—#329959
2011—#323977
2010—#2971,102
2009#15,2426#2821,199
2008—#2571,356
2007—#2431,479
2006—#2251,597
2005#16,4625#2341,466
2004#16,0995#2181,601
2003—#2151,655
2002—#2191,572
2001—#2071,736
2000#13,1546#2061,718
1999#7,71612#2091,637
1998#14,1225#2051,583
1997#13,7245#1991,595
1996#13,5185#1901,663
1995#11,7836#1841,697
1994#6,67213#1811,725
1993#7,49811#1841,749
1992#8,7349#1781,805
1991#5,18118#1831,732
1990#7,30311#1781,744
1989#5,28616#1861,598
1988#5,06516#1781,594
1987#7,3539#1801,527
1986#8,5237#1861,382
1985#3,85221#1801,454
1984#4,47816#1831,374
1983#4,88414#1741,497
1982#5,20913#1771,472
1981#6,8049#1691,473
1980#3,71921#1651,487
1979#4,42016#1721,396
1978#8,5626#1721,380
1977#4,65214#1731,365
1976#5,21511#1711,360
1975#5,51610#1721,376
1974#5,01111#1721,382
1973#4,58612#1791,309
1972#3,71416#1841,321
1971#4,81011#1911,323
1970#4,24613#1981,326
1969#4,19812#2011,236
1968#5,6427#2041,138
1967#4,9828#1971,174
1966#5,8096#2001,195
1965#5,8176#2121,149
1964#4,6369#2081,348
1963#6,5925#2181,260
1962#4,26310#2071,380
1961#4,23910#2061,386
1960#3,92011#2081,357
1959#4,3009#2091,359
1958#6,1035#2021,372
1957#5,3776#1971,380
1956#3,04815#1991,371
1955#3,57111#1991,293
1954#2,77916#1981,259
1953#4,5957#2021,200
1952#4,9086#2011,095
1951#3,48210#2001,040
1950#2,65215#2001,026
1949#3,6129#203998
1948#5,2435#209908
1947—#238738
1946#4,4176#241647
1945—#238560
1944#4,0546#262507
1943—#260544
1942—#262514
1941#3,5597#258460
1940#4,3495#266443
1939—#254450
1938#2,73010#259445
1937#3,4347#238489
1936#3,3767#238481
1935—#240489
1934—#255443
1933#3,4067#266398
1932#3,9016#247469
1931—#247465
1930#4,5505#243515
1929—#253486
1928#3,7437#253491
1927—#264479
1926—#270440
1925#4,9735#277427
1924—#289398
1923—#293368
1922—#300361
1921—#301357
1920—#313336
1919—#330292
1918—#338286
1917—#315289
1916—#349237
1915—#330256
1914—#324199
1913—#329154
1912—#321134
1911—#35759
1910—#26783
1909—#26471
1908—#27860
1907—#26662
1906—#27352
1905—#31441
1904—#32238
1903—#25750
1902—#28245
1901—#29435
1900—#29250
1899—#31132
1898—#26645
1897—#27942
1896—#25949
1895—#29537
1894—#30633
1893—#27341
1892—#27044
1891—#34025
1890—#35125
1889—#29433
1888—#40421
1887—#27634
1886—#26740
1885—#31828
1884—#33128
1883—#29830
1882—#29434
1881—#36021
1880—#30530
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.

See more about Ruben
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s299#267 (1886)#315
1890s373#259 (1896)#295
1900s504#257 (1903)#284
1910s1,989#267 (1910)#326
1920s4,143#253 (1928)#281
1930s4,644#238 (1937)#249
1940s6,319#203 (1949)#244
1950s12,395#197 (1957)#201
1960s12,623#197 (1967)#206
1970s13,538#171 (1976)#178
1980s14,858#165 (1980)#178
1990s16,930#178 (1992)#189
2000s15,379#206 (2000)#231
2010s8,730#297 (2010)#368
2020s3,828#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 1935

boys
#240
489 births · 1 in 2,130 boys

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #240Ruben489
More about 1935

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 2,130 of them was named Ruben, which outranked 94.2% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ruben
  1. #237Huey494
  2. #238Angelo492
  3. #239Carlton491
  4. #240Ruben489
  5. #241Isaac476
  6. #242Dwight475
  7. #242Grady475
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935 →