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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Ruben 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 | — | #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 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1980 at #165 (1,487 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 39 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 81,944 of them was named Ruben, which outranked 69.2% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,730Vikki22
- #3,730Xochilt22
- #3,730Zakia22
- #3,852Ruben21
- #3,852Abbe21
- #3,852Abigale21
- #3,852Adia21
- #3,983Adora20
- #3,983Aleena20
- #3,983Aleksandra20
Tied with 130 names at #3,852; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 1,271 of them was named Ruben, which outranked 97.6% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.