Rubin

Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016 · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1907 · 35 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,054
since 1880

Rubin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rubin has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #381, 1907boys
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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—#5,39917
2024—#6,46913
2023—#6,51713
2022—#5,01919
2021—#4,36223
2020—#5,23517
2019—#5,15318
2018—#4,91819
2017—#5,52616
2016—#5,12418
2015—#3,51331
2014—#3,61729
2013—#4,62120
2012—#5,25617
2011—#4,22123
2010—#3,99425
2009—#6,43613
2008—#3,56130
2007—#4,99618
2006—#3,02436
2005—#3,52827
2004—#2,95334
2003—#3,18629
2002—#2,81733
2001—#3,22827
2000—#2,73633
1999—#2,72231
1998—#2,71130
1997—#2,26037
1996—#2,33234
1995—#2,62628
1994—#2,25935
1993—#2,39931
1992—#1,95541
1991—#1,74446
1990—#1,96838
1989—#1,70545
1988—#1,50150
1987—#1,58744
1986—#1,45747
1985—#1,69836
1984—#1,45843
1983—#1,49041
1982—#1,56339
1981—#1,43344
1980—#1,91029
1979—#1,24155
1978—#1,24052
1977—#1,18755
1976—#1,08460
1975—#1,32243
1974—#1,11554
1973—#1,02362
1972—#1,08356
1971—#1,04760
1970—#1,04361
1969—#1,07552
1968#7,0165#1,08347
1967—#98155
1966—#99853
1965—#1,12944
1964#6,7675#98259
1963—#88671
1962—#87975
1961—#88275
1960—#1,00858
1959#5,5666#1,03455
1958—#93666
1957—#95763
1956—#82282
1955—#78087
1954—#81978
1953—#90862
1952—#85067
1951—#76384
1950—#80072
1949—#78277
1948—#73384
1947—#81572
1946—#86957
1945—#89950
1944—#82458
1943—#87558
1942—#94749
1941—#85055
1940—#88151
1939—#81855
1938—#80859
1937—#84552
1936—#81656
1935—#78562
1934—#83656
1933—#72171
1932—#67781
1931—#73370
1930—#64092
1929—#69579
1928—#610100
1927—#63499
1926—#595112
1925—#608108
1924—#556128
1923—#502147
1922—#568125
1921—#611107
1920—#578116
1919—#541122
1918—#532130
1917—#532119
1916—#491134
1915—#462141
1914—#459110
1913—#44593
1912—#46373
1911—#40949
1910—#43040
1909—#46230
1908—#52223
1907—#38135
1906—#39430
1905—#42126
1904—#58715
1903—#55016
1902—#44022
1901—#53614
1900—#47723
1899—#7149
1898—#50517
1897—#55614
1896—#59213
1895—#8727
1894—#66810
1893—#7688
1892—#64111
1891—#49713
1890—#53313
1889—#7228
1888—#64810
1887—#6798
1886—#6948
1885—#6419
1884—#6639
1883——
1882—#54012
1881——
1880—#48214
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rubin was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Rubin is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Rubin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,070 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #5,399)
  • 164 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #5,399)
  • 1,886 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #5,399)
  • Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1896 (#872 → #592)
  • Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1899 (#505 → #714)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1907 at #381 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 102 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1884–1958
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,195
  • Highest: 1 in 4,195 boys born in 1907 were named Rubin (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.9% of all boys named Rubin (1,121) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s78#482 (1880)#634
1890s115#497 (1891)#635
1900s234#381 (1907)#477
1910s1,011#409 (1911)#476
1920s1,121#502 (1923)#596
1930s654#640 (1930)#768
1940s611#733 (1948)#848
1950s716#763 (1951)#867
1960s589#879 (1962)#990
1970s558#1,023 (1973)#1,139
1980s418#1,433 (1981)#1,580
1990s351#1,744 (1991)#2,298
2000s280#2,736 (2000)#3,647
2010s216#3,513 (2015)#4,594
2020s102#4,362 (2021)#5,500

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.

Rubin in 1886

boys
#694
8 births · 1 in 13,848 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #694Rubin8
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 13,848 of them was named Rubin, which outranked 37.5% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rubin
  1. #647Verner9
  2. #647Wheeler9
  3. #647Woodson9
  4. #694Rubin8
  5. #694Addie8
  6. #694Alcide8
  7. #694Alden8
  8. #758Aleck7
  9. #758Alvia7
  10. #758Ansel7

Tied with 63 names at #694; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

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

See the top 100 for 1886 →