Ruben
Ruben is ranked 501st among boys in 2024 (607 births). Its best rank was 165th, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- #501down 21 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6070.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 19921,805 births
- Best rank
- #165in 1980
- Since 1880
- 115,918people given the name
The story in the numbers
115,918 boys have been named Ruben in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 1,805 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 359 → 501).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1990s alone account for 15%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ruben | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 299 | |
| 1890s | 373 | |
| 1900s | 504 | |
| 1910s | 1,989 | |
| 1920s | 4,142 | |
| 1930s | 4,645 | |
| 1940s | 6,319 | |
| 1950s | 12,395 | |
| 1960s | 12,623 | |
| 1970s | 13,540 | |
| 1980s | 14,858 | |
| 1990s | 16,929 | |
| 2000s | 15,379 | |
| 2010s | 8,730 | |
| 2020s | 3,193 |
In 1992, its biggest year
Ruben was the 178th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1992 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Ruben
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anthonypeak 1990
- Renepeak 1970
- Federicopeak 1976
- Danielpeak 1985
- Pedropeak 2000
- Alfredopeak 1993
- Jacquespeak 1969
- Felipepeak 2001
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.