Reuben
Reuben is ranked 874th among boys in 2024 (275 births). Its best rank was 149th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- #874down 63 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2750.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920465 births
- Best rank
- #149in 1880
- Since 1880
- 31,851people given the name
The story in the numbers
31,851 boys have been named Reuben in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 465 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 844 → 874).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1920s alone account for 12%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Reuben | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 741 | |
| 1890s | 828 | |
| 1900s | 820 | |
| 1910s | 3,274 | |
| 1920s | 3,860 | |
| 1930s | 2,269 | |
| 1940s | 2,060 | |
| 1950s | 2,193 | |
| 1960s | 2,076 | |
| 1970s | 2,542 | |
| 1980s | 2,759 | |
| 1990s | 2,435 | |
| 2000s | 2,271 | |
| 2010s | 2,352 | |
| 2020s | 1,371 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Reuben was the 254th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Reuben
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Richmondpeak 1921
- Amospeak 1922
- Corneliuspeak 1974
- Emilepeak 1922
- Pricepeak 2006
- Crawfordpeak 1924
- Henrypeak 2024
- Antonpeak 1915
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.