Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Reuel

#4,939 most common boys' name of all time · #12,201 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1893–2025

Rank among boys
#4,939
Rank overall
#12,201 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
958
Since 2016
205
Peak year
2025 #3,318
Best rank
#1,031 1893
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 35/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Reuel first appears in 1893. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 35 35 #3,318
2024 — 27 27 #3,989
2023 — 29 29 #3,811
2022 — 27 27 #4,001
2021 — 16 16 #5,582
2020 — 17 17 #5,255
2019 — 15 15 #5,827
2018 — 12 12 #6,725
2017 — 14 14 #6,072
2016 — 13 13 #6,377
2015 — 8 8 #8,794
2014 — 14 14 #6,013
2013 — 8 8 #8,840
2012 — 18 18 #5,049
2011 — 10 10 #7,533
2010 — 10 10 #7,616
2009 — 5 5 #12,572
2008 — 12 12 #6,790
2007 — 7 7 #9,836
2006 — 10 10 #7,464
2005 — 7 7 #9,166
2004 — 7 7 #8,982
2003 — 8 8 #7,887
2002 — 7 7 #8,512
2001 — 5 5 #10,613
2000 — 9 9 #6,879
1999 — 6 6 #8,758
1998 — 6 6 #8,532
1997 — 7 7 #7,325
1996 — 5 5 #9,079
1993 — 10 10 #5,394
1992 — 6 6 #7,492
1991 — 5 5 #8,336
1990 — 6 6 #7,251
1989 — 7 7 #6,290
1987 — 5 5 #7,038
1986 — 7 7 #5,396
1983 — 6 6 #5,577
1981 — 6 6 #5,543
1980 — 10 10 #3,883
1979 — 6 6 #5,426
1978 — 6 6 #5,132
1976 — 7 7 #4,487
1974 — 9 9 #3,615
1971 — 6 6 #4,443
1970 — 5 5 #4,821
1968 — 9 9 #2,949
1967 — 6 6 #3,636
1965 — 8 8 #3,051
1964 — 5 5 #4,120
1963 — 5 5 #4,137
1961 — 5 5 #4,172
1959 — 15 15 #2,147
1958 — 7 7 #3,345
1957 — 5 5 #4,086
1956 — 7 7 #3,298
1955 — 7 7 #3,266
1954 — 9 9 #2,806
1953 — 6 6 #3,514
1952 — 10 10 #2,572
1950 — 6 6 #3,413
1949 — 8 8 #2,866
1947 — 9 9 #2,731
1946 — 8 8 #2,741
1945 — 6 6 #3,082
1944 — 10 10 #2,360
1943 — 7 7 #3,020
1941 — 8 8 #2,735
1940 — 6 6 #3,221
1939 — 7 7 #2,913
1938 — 10 10 #2,376
1937 — 6 6 #3,261
1936 — 11 11 #2,224
1934 — 8 8 #2,815
1933 — 12 12 #2,140
1932 — 16 16 #1,884
1931 — 6 6 #3,465
1930 — 7 7 #3,346
1929 — 9 9 #2,836
1928 — 10 10 #2,709
1927 — 8 8 #3,222
1926 — 9 9 #2,956
1925 — 14 14 #2,238
1924 — 11 11 #2,690
1923 — 8 8 #3,243
1922 — 15 15 #2,183
1921 — 13 13 #2,408
1920 — 23 23 #1,617
1919 — 9 9 #2,931
1918 — 16 16 #2,032
1917 — 12 12 #2,329
1916 — 11 11 #2,451
1915 — 11 11 #2,367
1914 — 10 10 #2,177
1913 — 12 12 #1,631
1901 — 5 5 #1,182
1897 — 5 5 #1,207
1895 — 5 5 #1,223
1893 — 6 6 #1,031