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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #381, 1907boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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.

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 1902

boys
#440
22 births · 1 in 5,575 boys

Top boys' names in 1902

  1. #1John7,907
  2. #2William6,617
  3. #3James5,592
  4. #4George4,223
  5. #5Charles3,361
  6. #6Robert3,180
  7. #7Joseph3,098
  8. #8Frank2,756
  9. #9Edward2,294
  10. #10Henry2,154
  11. #440Rubin22
More about 1902

boys

122,660 boys got a published name in 1902; 1 in 5,575 of them was named Rubin, which outranked 66.7% of the 1,320 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rubin
  1. #426Rosevelt23
  2. #426Turner23
  3. #426Vance23
  4. #440Rubin22
  5. #440Billy22
  6. #440Chauncey22
  7. #440Cyrus22
  8. #460Abner21
  9. #460Aloysius21
  10. #460Asa21

Tied with 19 names at #440; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. 551Judge#1,058#507
  2. 522Ottis#1,058#536
  3. 502Lonzo#1,058#556
  4. 475Eldred#1,058#583
  5. 468Rogers#943#475
Fallers
  1. 541Carmen#596#1,137
  2. 541Alf#596#1,137
  3. 541Orrin#596#1,137
  4. 528Davis#334#862
  5. 500Guadalupe#433#933

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

See the top 100 for 1902