Rueben
Rueben is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. Its best rank was 802nd, in 1921.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 170.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192172 births
- Best rank
- #802in 1921
- Since 1886
- 4,843people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,843 boys have been named Rueben in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 72 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1920s alone account for 12%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rueben | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1890s | 26 | |
| 1900s | 41 | |
| 1910s | 376 | |
| 1920s | 579 | |
| 1930s | 314 | |
| 1940s | 311 | |
| 1950s | 398 | |
| 1960s | 422 | |
| 1970s | 507 | |
| 1980s | 576 | |
| 1990s | 508 | |
| 2000s | 391 | |
| 2010s | 277 | |
| 2020s | 110 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Rueben was the 802nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Rueben
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Donatopeak 1926
- Armondpeak 1924
- Elginpeak 1920
- Theronpeak 1966
- Mauricepeak 1921
- Gregoriopeak 1993
- Gerritpeak 1916
- Manuelpeak 2005
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.