Ruben
#286 most common boys' name of all time · #620 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#286
Rank overall
#620 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
117,207
Since 2016
6,874
Peak year
1992 #178
Best rank
#165 1980
Girls
Boys
peak 1,814/yr
Ruben 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 632 | 632 | #480 |
| 2024 | — | 607 | 607 | #504 |
| 2023 | — | 629 | 629 | #481 |
| 2022 | — | 670 | 670 | #458 |
| 2021 | — | 653 | 653 | #460 |
| 2020 | — | 637 | 637 | #465 |
| 2019 | — | 743 | 743 | #415 |
| 2018 | — | 753 | 753 | #416 |
| 2017 | — | 749 | 749 | #418 |
| 2016 | — | 801 | 801 | #396 |
| 2015 | — | 864 | 864 | #374 |
| 2014 | — | 893 | 893 | #359 |
| 2013 | — | 889 | 889 | #355 |
| 2012 | — | 959 | 959 | #330 |
| 2011 | — | 977 | 977 | #323 |
| 2010 | — | 1,102 | 1,102 | #297 |
| 2009 | 6 | 1,199 | 1,205 | #282 |
| 2008 | — | 1,356 | 1,356 | #257 |
| 2007 | — | 1,479 | 1,479 | #243 |
| 2006 | — | 1,597 | 1,597 | #225 |
| 2005 | 5 | 1,466 | 1,471 | #234 |
| 2004 | 5 | 1,601 | 1,606 | #218 |
| 2003 | — | 1,655 | 1,655 | #215 |
| 2002 | — | 1,572 | 1,572 | #219 |
| 2001 | — | 1,736 | 1,736 | #207 |
| 2000 | 6 | 1,718 | 1,724 | #206 |
| 1999 | 12 | 1,637 | 1,649 | #209 |
| 1998 | 5 | 1,583 | 1,588 | #205 |
| 1997 | 5 | 1,595 | 1,600 | #199 |
| 1996 | 5 | 1,663 | 1,668 | #190 |
| 1995 | 6 | 1,697 | 1,703 | #184 |
| 1994 | 13 | 1,725 | 1,738 | #181 |
| 1993 | 11 | 1,749 | 1,760 | #184 |
| 1992 | 9 | 1,805 | 1,814 | #178 |
| 1991 | 18 | 1,732 | 1,750 | #183 |
| 1990 | 11 | 1,744 | 1,755 | #178 |
| 1989 | 16 | 1,598 | 1,614 | #186 |
| 1988 | 16 | 1,594 | 1,610 | #178 |
| 1987 | 9 | 1,527 | 1,536 | #180 |
| 1986 | 7 | 1,382 | 1,389 | #186 |
| 1985 | 21 | 1,454 | 1,475 | #180 |
| 1984 | 16 | 1,374 | 1,390 | #183 |
| 1983 | 14 | 1,497 | 1,511 | #174 |
| 1982 | 13 | 1,472 | 1,485 | #177 |
| 1981 | 9 | 1,473 | 1,482 | #169 |
| 1980 | 21 | 1,487 | 1,508 | #165 |
| 1979 | 16 | 1,396 | 1,412 | #172 |
| 1978 | 6 | 1,380 | 1,386 | #172 |
| 1977 | 14 | 1,365 | 1,379 | #173 |
| 1976 | 11 | 1,360 | 1,371 | #171 |
| 1975 | 10 | 1,376 | 1,386 | #172 |
| 1974 | 11 | 1,382 | 1,393 | #172 |
| 1973 | 12 | 1,309 | 1,321 | #179 |
| 1972 | 16 | 1,321 | 1,337 | #184 |
| 1971 | 11 | 1,323 | 1,334 | #191 |
| 1970 | 13 | 1,326 | 1,339 | #198 |
| 1969 | 12 | 1,236 | 1,248 | #201 |
| 1968 | 7 | 1,138 | 1,145 | #204 |
| 1967 | 8 | 1,174 | 1,182 | #197 |
| 1966 | 6 | 1,195 | 1,201 | #200 |
| 1965 | 6 | 1,149 | 1,155 | #212 |
| 1964 | 9 | 1,348 | 1,357 | #208 |
| 1963 | 5 | 1,260 | 1,265 | #218 |
| 1962 | 10 | 1,380 | 1,390 | #207 |
| 1961 | 10 | 1,386 | 1,396 | #206 |
| 1960 | 11 | 1,357 | 1,368 | #208 |
| 1959 | 9 | 1,359 | 1,368 | #209 |
| 1958 | 5 | 1,372 | 1,377 | #202 |
| 1957 | 6 | 1,380 | 1,386 | #197 |
| 1956 | 15 | 1,371 | 1,386 | #199 |
| 1955 | 11 | 1,293 | 1,304 | #199 |
| 1954 | 16 | 1,259 | 1,275 | #198 |
| 1953 | 7 | 1,200 | 1,207 | #202 |
| 1952 | 6 | 1,095 | 1,101 | #201 |
| 1951 | 10 | 1,040 | 1,050 | #200 |
| 1950 | 15 | 1,026 | 1,041 | #200 |
| 1949 | 9 | 998 | 1,007 | #203 |
| 1948 | 5 | 908 | 913 | #209 |
| 1947 | — | 738 | 738 | #238 |
| 1946 | 6 | 647 | 653 | #241 |
| 1945 | — | 560 | 560 | #238 |
| 1944 | 6 | 507 | 513 | #263 |
| 1943 | — | 544 | 544 | #260 |
| 1942 | — | 514 | 514 | #262 |
| 1941 | 7 | 460 | 467 | #258 |
| 1940 | 5 | 443 | 448 | #266 |
| 1939 | — | 450 | 450 | #254 |
| 1938 | 10 | 445 | 455 | #259 |
| 1937 | 7 | 489 | 496 | #238 |
| 1936 | 7 | 481 | 488 | #238 |
| 1935 | — | 489 | 489 | #240 |
| 1934 | — | 443 | 443 | #256 |
| 1933 | 7 | 398 | 405 | #266 |
| 1932 | 6 | 469 | 475 | #247 |
| 1931 | — | 465 | 465 | #247 |
| 1930 | 5 | 515 | 520 | #244 |
| 1929 | — | 486 | 486 | #253 |
| 1928 | 7 | 491 | 498 | #253 |
| 1927 | — | 479 | 479 | #264 |
| 1926 | — | 440 | 440 | #270 |
| 1925 | 5 | 427 | 432 | #277 |
| 1924 | — | 398 | 398 | #289 |
| 1923 | — | 368 | 368 | #293 |
| 1922 | — | 361 | 361 | #300 |
| 1921 | — | 357 | 357 | #302 |
| 1920 | — | 336 | 336 | #313 |
| 1919 | — | 292 | 292 | #330 |
| 1918 | — | 286 | 286 | #339 |
| 1917 | — | 289 | 289 | #315 |
| 1916 | — | 237 | 237 | #349 |
| 1915 | — | 256 | 256 | #330 |
| 1914 | — | 199 | 199 | #324 |
| 1913 | — | 154 | 154 | #329 |
| 1912 | — | 134 | 134 | #322 |
| 1911 | — | 59 | 59 | #359 |
| 1910 | — | 83 | 83 | #269 |
| 1909 | — | 71 | 71 | #264 |
| 1908 | — | 60 | 60 | #278 |
| 1907 | — | 62 | 62 | #266 |
| 1906 | — | 52 | 52 | #278 |
| 1905 | — | 41 | 41 | #314 |
| 1904 | — | 38 | 38 | #323 |
| 1903 | — | 50 | 50 | #262 |
| 1902 | — | 45 | 45 | #283 |
| 1901 | — | 35 | 35 | #298 |
| 1900 | — | 50 | 50 | #293 |
| 1899 | — | 32 | 32 | #313 |
| 1898 | — | 45 | 45 | #266 |
| 1897 | — | 42 | 42 | #282 |
| 1896 | — | 49 | 49 | #259 |
| 1895 | — | 37 | 37 | #297 |
| 1894 | — | 33 | 33 | #306 |
| 1893 | — | 41 | 41 | #273 |
| 1892 | — | 44 | 44 | #273 |
| 1891 | — | 25 | 25 | #342 |
| 1890 | — | 25 | 25 | #354 |
| 1889 | — | 33 | 33 | #299 |
| 1888 | — | 21 | 21 | #407 |
| 1887 | — | 34 | 34 | #282 |
| 1886 | — | 40 | 40 | #271 |
| 1885 | — | 28 | 28 | #320 |
| 1884 | — | 28 | 28 | #333 |
| 1883 | — | 30 | 30 | #303 |
| 1882 | — | 34 | 34 | #295 |
| 1881 | — | 21 | 21 | #363 |
| 1880 | — | 30 | 30 | #311 |