Rueben
#1,765 most common boys' name of all time · #4,282 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1886–2025
Rank among boys
#1,765
Rank overall
#4,282 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
4,871
Since 2016
250
Peak year
1921 #802
Best rank
#802 1921
Girls
Boys
peak 72/yr
Rueben first appears in 1886. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,854 |
| 2024 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,459 |
| 2023 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,348 |
| 2022 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,126 |
| 2020 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,002 |
| 2019 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,350 |
| 2018 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2017 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2016 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2015 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,990 |
| 2014 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,536 |
| 2013 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,590 |
| 2012 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,126 |
| 2011 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2010 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,369 |
| 2009 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,994 |
| 2008 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,953 |
| 2007 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 2006 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,116 |
| 2005 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,394 |
| 2004 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,382 |
| 2003 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,586 |
| 2002 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,827 |
| 2001 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,845 |
| 2000 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,225 |
| 1999 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,405 |
| 1998 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,278 |
| 1997 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,708 |
| 1996 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,847 |
| 1995 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,843 |
| 1994 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,853 |
| 1993 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,745 |
| 1992 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,474 |
| 1991 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,657 |
| 1990 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,306 |
| 1989 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,375 |
| 1988 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,239 |
| 1987 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,299 |
| 1986 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,202 |
| 1985 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,460 |
| 1984 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,353 |
| 1983 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,242 |
| 1982 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,235 |
| 1981 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,299 |
| 1980 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,115 |
| 1979 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,277 |
| 1978 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,248 |
| 1977 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,201 |
| 1976 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,167 |
| 1975 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,104 |
| 1974 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,293 |
| 1973 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,170 |
| 1972 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,074 |
| 1971 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,338 |
| 1970 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,211 |
| 1969 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,544 |
| 1968 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,347 |
| 1967 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,153 |
| 1966 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,123 |
| 1965 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,136 |
| 1964 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,336 |
| 1963 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,074 |
| 1962 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,031 |
| 1961 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,239 |
| 1960 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,122 |
| 1959 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,288 |
| 1958 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,085 |
| 1957 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,033 |
| 1956 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,244 |
| 1955 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,187 |
| 1954 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,193 |
| 1953 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,254 |
| 1952 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,277 |
| 1951 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,389 |
| 1950 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,133 |
| 1949 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,037 |
| 1948 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,306 |
| 1947 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,260 |
| 1946 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,364 |
| 1945 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,337 |
| 1944 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 1943 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,150 |
| 1942 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,180 |
| 1941 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,197 |
| 1940 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,413 |
| 1939 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,824 |
| 1938 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,645 |
| 1937 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,048 |
| 1936 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1935 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,155 |
| 1934 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,479 |
| 1933 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,089 |
| 1932 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,406 |
| 1931 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,021 |
| 1930 | — | 48 | 48 | #986 |
| 1929 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,048 |
| 1928 | — | 50 | 50 | #973 |
| 1927 | — | 50 | 50 | #997 |
| 1926 | — | 62 | 62 | #841 |
| 1925 | — | 53 | 53 | #929 |
| 1924 | — | 62 | 62 | #881 |
| 1923 | — | 67 | 67 | #828 |
| 1922 | — | 69 | 69 | #815 |
| 1921 | — | 72 | 72 | #802 |
| 1920 | — | 51 | 51 | #971 |
| 1919 | — | 61 | 61 | #848 |
| 1918 | — | 59 | 59 | #863 |
| 1917 | — | 58 | 58 | #846 |
| 1916 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,004 |
| 1915 | — | 50 | 50 | #874 |
| 1914 | — | 41 | 41 | #848 |
| 1913 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,040 |
| 1912 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,208 |
| 1911 | — | 17 | 17 | #816 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,165 |
| 1907 | — | 10 | 10 | #917 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,349 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,063 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,321 |
| 1902 | — | 9 | 9 | #850 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,164 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,052 |
| 1894 | — | 7 | 7 | #937 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,014 |
| 1890 | — | 7 | 7 | #876 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #842 |