Rubin
Rubin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 384th, in 1907.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1923147 births
- Best rank
- #384in 1907
- Since 1880
- 7,038people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,038 boys have been named Rubin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 147 births.
The name has all but left use: 13 births in 2024, against 147 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1945, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 82 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rubin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 78 | |
| 1890s | 115 | |
| 1900s | 234 | |
| 1910s | 1,011 | |
| 1920s | 1,121 | |
| 1930s | 654 | |
| 1940s | 611 | |
| 1950s | 716 | |
| 1960s | 589 | |
| 1970s | 559 | |
| 1980s | 418 | |
| 1990s | 351 | |
| 2000s | 280 | |
| 2010s | 216 | |
| 2020s | 85 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Rubin was the 505th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Rubin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Morrispeak 1918
- Garnettpeak 1920
- Lesterpeak 1918
- Clementpeak 1918
- Aciepeak 1928
- Osbornepeak 1915
- Alphonsepeak 1918
- Erwinpeak 1918
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.