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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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