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
#381
1907 · 35 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedMINew York: #629 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 13,433 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #913 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 23,887 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Rubin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#629 · 1 in 13,433
  2. California#913 · 1 in 23,887

Best ever in a state: #142 in New York, 1910.

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StateRankBirthsShare
New York#629111 in 13,433
California#91371 in 23,887
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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.

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 1968

girls
#7,016
5 births · 1 in 328,078 girls
boys
#1,083
47 births · 1 in 36,978 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #7,016Rubin5

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #1,083Rubin47
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 328,078 of them was named Rubin, which outranked 14.4% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rubin
  1. #6,246Zipporah6
  2. #6,246Zonia6
  3. #6,246Zonya6
  4. #7,016Rubin5
  5. #7,016Abelina5
  6. #7,016Adah5
  7. #7,016Adaline5

Tied with 1,182 names at #7,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 36,978 of them was named Rubin, which outranked 77.2% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rubin
  1. #1,068Rosario48
  2. #1,068Shanon48
  3. #1,068Val48
  4. #1,083Rubin47
  5. #1,083Ambrose47
  6. #1,083Buford47
  7. #1,083Cyril47
  8. #1,100Benson46
  9. #1,100Demetrios46
  10. #1,100Dickie46

Tied with 16 names at #1,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →