Rueben

#3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births

Peak · boys
#758
1886 · 7 births
Debut · boys
1886
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,871
since 1886

Rueben over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rueben has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #758, 1886boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,84828
2024#5,44317
2023#4,34324
2022#3,69130
2021#4,11825
2020#5,98014
2019#3,34734
2018#3,89127
2017#3,67829
2016#4,47022
2015#3,98226
2014#3,53230
2013#3,58229
2012#3,11536
2011#4,35622
2010#4,36622
2009#2,99139
2008#2,94640
2007#3,09037
2006#4,10523
2005#3,38929
2004#2,37647
2003#2,57939
2002#2,81733
2001#1,84160
2000#2,22244
1999#2,39837
1998#2,27439
1997#1,70657
1996#1,84249
1995#1,84147
1994#1,85146
1993#1,74149
1992#1,47262
1991#1,65250
1990#1,30672
1989#1,37464
1988#1,23968
1987#1,29557
1986#1,19963
1985#1,45246
1984#1,34949
1983#1,23955
1982#1,22957
1981#1,29451
1980#1,11166
1979#1,27052
1978#1,24052
1977#1,19854
1976#1,16354
1975#1,09958
1974#1,29043
1973#1,16350
1972#1,06957
1971#1,33040
1970#1,20747
1969#1,52628
1968#1,33933
1967#1,15042
1966#1,11644
1965#1,12944
1964#1,32735
1963#1,06951
1962#1,02855
1961#1,23341
1960#1,11549
1959#1,28037
1958#1,08150
1957#1,02954
1956#1,23238
1955#1,18140
1954#1,18640
1953#1,24536
1952#1,26834
1951#1,37329
1950#1,12340
1949#1,02946
1948#1,29631
1947#1,25234
1946#1,35527
1945#1,32725
1944#1,40023
1943#1,14036
1942#1,16735
1941#1,18731
1940#1,39723
1939#1,79515
1938#1,61318
1937#1,03138
1936#1,09535
1935#1,14833
1934#1,46122
1933#1,07837
1932#1,38725
1931#1,01543
1930#97648
1929#1,04443
1928#96350
1927#99050
1926#84062
1925#92453
1924#87262
1923#82167
1922#80969
1921#80072
1920#96551
1919#83961
1918#85559
1917#83958
1916#99841
1915#86850
1914#83641
1913#1,02324
1912#1,17416
1911#79317
1910#1,1189
1909—
1908—
1907#86610
1906#1,2535
1905#1,0027
1904#1,2055
1903—
1902#7949
1901#1,0585
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896—
1895#9786
1894#8577
1893#9076
1892—
1891—
1890#8147
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886#7587
1885—
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Rueben! It came in at #758, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rueben
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 1,595 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #3,848)
  • 2,132 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #3,848)
  • 134 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #3,848)
  • Biggest jump: 387 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #866)
  • Biggest drop: 381 spots in 1912 (#793 → #1,174)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #758 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1914–1928
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,292
  • Highest: 1 in 13,292 boys born in 1911 were named Rueben (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #758 in 1886, was only 1 in 15,826 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 11.9% of all boys named Rueben (579) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#758 (1886)#758
1890s26#814 (1890)#889
1900s41#794 (1902)#1,030
1910s376#793 (1911)#934
1920s579#800 (1921)#903
1930s314#976 (1930)#1,260
1940s311#1,029 (1949)#1,255
1950s398#1,029 (1957)#1,200
1960s422#1,028 (1962)#1,203
1970s507#1,069 (1972)#1,203
1980s576#1,111 (1980)#1,278
1990s508#1,306 (1990)#1,808
2000s391#1,841 (2001)#2,836
2010s277#3,115 (2012)#3,832
2020s138#3,691 (2022)#4,571

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.

Rueben in 1916

boys
#998
41 births · 1 in 21,709 boys

Top boys' names in 1916

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #998Rueben41
More about 1916

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 21,709 of them was named Rueben, which outranked 78.0% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rueben
  1. #984Oris42
  2. #984Thurston42
  3. #984Tyrus42
  4. #998Rueben41
  5. #998Armond41
  6. #998Baxter41
  7. #998Burnice41
  8. #1,013Boleslaw40
  9. #1,013Burley40
  10. #1,013Christ40

Tied with 14 names at #998; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,568Tatsuo#3,392 → #824
  2. ↑ 1,088Hughes#1,878 → #790
  3. ↑ 410Angel#1,181 → #771
  4. ↑ 378Trinidad#1,181 → #803
  5. ↑ 354Rolla#1,306 → #952
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Nicolas#804 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 468Collins#906 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 463Hilliard#952 → #1,415
  4. ↓ 383Arvo#952 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 363Rayford#941 → #1,304

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

See the top 100 for 1916 →