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.

Rube

#6,474 most common boys' name of all time · #16,204 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1973

Rank among boys
#6,474
Rank overall
#16,204 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
612
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1917 #1,407
Best rank
#568 1884
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
18801900192019401960

Rube is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1973 — 5 5 #5,136
1966 — 6 6 #3,565
1957 — 6 6 #3,584
1956 — 5 5 #3,972
1955 — 6 6 #3,532
1952 — 5 5 #3,777
1949 — 6 6 #3,326
1948 — 7 7 #3,034
1945 — 5 5 #3,382
1944 — 6 6 #3,138
1943 — 8 8 #2,757
1942 — 5 5 #3,591
1940 — 6 6 #3,163
1938 — 7 7 #2,897
1937 — 9 9 #2,503
1935 — 7 7 #2,977
1934 — 8 8 #2,777
1933 — 8 8 #2,761
1932 — 11 11 #2,335
1931 — 8 8 #2,895
1930 — 9 9 #2,815
1929 — 6 6 #3,588
1928 — 8 8 #3,099
1927 — 8 8 #3,175
1926 — 14 14 #2,204
1925 — 11 11 #2,605
1924 — 13 13 #2,361
1923 — 8 8 #3,196
1922 — 13 13 #2,365
1921 — 15 15 #2,163
1920 — 19 19 #1,827
1919 — 11 11 #2,531
1918 — 15 15 #2,087
1917 — 25 25 #1,407
1916 — 16 16 #1,864
1915 — 18 18 #1,665
1914 — 9 9 #2,295
1913 — 11 11 #1,696
1912 — 13 13 #1,365
1911 — 7 7 #1,428
1909 — 9 9 #1,044
1908 — 6 6 #1,251
1907 — 10 10 #898
1906 — 8 8 #964
1905 — 11 11 #763
1903 — 10 10 #756
1902 — 5 5 #1,185
1901 — 6 6 #987
1900 — 12 12 #771
1898 — 10 10 #728
1897 — 10 10 #712
1896 — 13 13 #627
1895 — 6 6 #1,007
1894 — 6 6 #1,014
1892 — 9 9 #773
1891 — 7 7 #805
1890 — 5 5 #1,053
1889 — 9 9 #707
1888 — 11 11 #638
1887 — 10 10 #623
1886 — 8 8 #744
1885 — 6 6 #879
1884 — 12 12 #568
1883 — 10 10 #636
1882 — 5 5 #986
1881 — 9 9 #642
1880 — 6 6 #893