Reuben
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#883
recorded as boys
Down 26 since 2024
Babies in 2025
269
boys 269
Peak year
1895
102 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
32,190
since 1880
Born a Reuben? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Reuben was most popular in 1895, when 102 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.87 per 1,000). In 2025, 269 babies were named Reuben, ranking #883 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 23%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 269 | 883 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 283 | 857 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 303 | 809 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 285 | 852 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 263 | 879 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 246 | 907 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 245 | 890 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 229 | 927 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 240 | 895 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 251 | 874 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 258 | 868 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 267 | 844 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 237 | 880 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 215 | 946 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 215 | 928 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 202 | 976 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 242 | 867 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 223 | 918 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 226 | 889 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 236 | 851 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 222 | 834 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 226 | 798 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 233 | 760 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 236 | 738 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 220 | 774 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 215 | 773 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 234 | 710 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 231 | 717 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 205 | 739 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 225 | 704 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 226 | 706 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 247 | 661 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 240 | 665 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 249 | 658 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 275 | 616 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 304 | 580 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 287 | 575 |
| 1988 | 5 | 11798 | 274 | 555 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 292 | 526 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 295 | 514 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 279 | 522 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 255 | 542 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 240 | 542 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 267 | 521 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8128 | 276 | 506 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 294 | 495 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 267 | 515 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 295 | 472 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 287 | 476 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 269 | 483 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 229 | 530 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 245 | 506 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 212 | 537 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 231 | 516 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 259 | 505 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7070 | 248 | 510 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 160 | 620 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 181 | 565 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 178 | 560 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 174 | 574 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 214 | 524 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 236 | 509 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 246 | 511 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 214 | 540 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 222 | 533 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 251 | 497 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 242 | 503 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 216 | 524 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 241 | 500 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 220 | 511 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 221 | 496 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 180 | 539 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 201 | 494 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 246 | 451 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 220 | 457 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 206 | 464 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 207 | 458 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 213 | 456 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 202 | 473 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 227 | 421 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 181 | 442 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 204 | 426 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 201 | 443 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 222 | 412 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 213 | 396 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 190 | 424 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 178 | 426 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 217 | 382 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 203 | 385 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 209 | 378 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 227 | 359 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 225 | 363 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 229 | 359 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 248 | 351 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 250 | 349 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 283 | 329 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 290 | 326 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 303 | 321 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4805 | 375 | 296 |
| 1926 | 6 | 4306 | 367 | 298 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 361 | 301 |
| 1924 | 5 | 5061 | 435 | 273 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4376 | 426 | 275 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 439 | 271 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 399 | 278 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 465 | 254 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 432 | 255 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4809 | 453 | 249 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 430 | 243 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 441 | 238 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 431 | 231 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 372 | 216 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 293 | 216 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 220 | 235 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 109 | 245 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 93 | 249 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 91 | 226 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 102 | 199 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 88 | 215 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 79 | 222 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 88 | 197 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 71 | 219 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 65 | 225 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 82 | 197 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 68 | 204 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 86 | 210 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 64 | 205 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 78 | 193 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 82 | 186 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 90 | 178 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 102 | 151 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 87 | 173 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 86 | 168 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 89 | 177 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 75 | 171 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 75 | 178 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 73 | 183 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 84 | 176 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 54 | 210 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 81 | 171 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 72 | 181 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 82 | 171 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 57 | 200 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 73 | 184 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 73 | 165 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 92 | 147 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years