Meaning not yet researched.
Ruben: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 632 in 2025. Its best rank was #165 in 1980.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #165 in 1980; #480 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ruben in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#480 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1980, at #165.
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Ruben: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 632 boys in 2025. Peak: #165 in 1980 · most boys in one year: 1,805 (1992).
In 2025, 632 US boys were named Ruben, making it the 480th most common boys’ name of the year, up 25 places from #505 in 2024. That is 25 more than the 607 boys named Ruben in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #165, reached in 1980. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,805, in 1992. For comparison, it was #374 in 2015 and #200 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ruben in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 30 babies with the name. In all, 117,207 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 17,025 babies named Ruben.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,874 US boys were named Ruben; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 801. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,703 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ruben ranked highest in California in 2025, at #234 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Reuben (32,190 babies since 1880), Rubin (7,070 babies since 1880), Robin (338,913 babies since 1880) and Robyn (64,604 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rubben are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rubben (16).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ruben in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 24 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 159 | #234 | #197 |
| Texas | 164 | #240 | #208 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #264 | #230 |
| Arizona | 26 | #306 | #223 |
| Oregon | 12 | #347 | #538 |
| Colorado | 13 | #464 | #346 |
| Utah | 9 | #509 | #550 |
| Illinois | 18 | #541 | #433 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #545 | — |
| North Carolina | 18 | #565 | #616 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #575 | #885 |
| Nevada | 5 | #582 | #497 |
| Washington | 11 | #633 | #308 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #643 | #535 |
| Georgia | 15 | #670 | #589 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #726 | #741 |
| Michigan | 10 | #760 | #802 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #762 | #666 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #770 | #591 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #785 | — |
| Indiana | 7 | #829 | #657 |
| Missouri | 6 | #853 | #931 |
| Virginia | 8 | #863 | #720 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #879 | #360 |
| Florida | 17 | #879 | #491 |
| New York | 15 | #908 | #717 |
| Ohio | 9 | #926 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 632 | #480 |
| 2024 | — | — | 607 | #505 |
| 2023 | — | — | 629 | #482 |
| 2022 | — | — | 670 | #460 |
| 2021 | — | — | 653 | #460 |
| 2020 | — | — | 637 | #466 |
| 2019 | — | — | 743 | #418 |
| 2018 | — | — | 753 | #416 |
| 2017 | — | — | 749 | #418 |
| 2016 | — | — | 801 | #397 |
| 2015 | — | — | 864 | #374 |
| 2014 | — | — | 893 | #359 |
| 2013 | — | — | 889 | #355 |
| 2012 | — | — | 959 | #330 |
| 2011 | — | — | 977 | #323 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,102 | #297 |
| 2009 | 6 | #16,864 | 1,199 | #282 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,356 | #257 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,479 | #243 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,597 | #225 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,603 | 1,466 | #234 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,243 | 1,601 | #218 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,655 | #215 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,572 | #219 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,736 | #207 |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,648 | 1,718 | #207 |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,122 | 1,637 | #209 |
| 1998 | 5 | #16,057 | 1,583 | #205 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,606 | 1,595 | #199 |
| 1996 | 5 | #15,337 | 1,663 | #190 |
| 1995 | 6 | #13,017 | 1,697 | #184 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,996 | 1,725 | #181 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,935 | 1,749 | #184 |
| 1992 | 9 | #9,325 | 1,805 | #178 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,344 | 1,732 | #185 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,747 | 1,744 | #178 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,490 | 1,598 | #186 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,258 | 1,594 | #178 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,857 | 1,527 | #180 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,326 | 1,382 | #186 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,956 | 1,454 | #180 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,680 | 1,374 | #183 |
| 1983 | 14 | #5,082 | 1,497 | #174 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,464 | 1,472 | #177 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,260 | 1,473 | #169 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,817 | 1,487 | #165 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,573 | 1,396 | #172 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,447 | 1,380 | #172 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,867 | 1,365 | #173 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,503 | 1,360 | #171 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,872 | 1,376 | #172 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,267 | 1,382 | #172 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,786 | 1,309 | #179 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,853 | 1,321 | #184 |
| 1971 | 11 | #5,045 | 1,323 | #192 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,433 | 1,326 | #198 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,372 | 1,236 | #201 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,116 | 1,138 | #204 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,346 | 1,174 | #197 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,419 | 1,195 | #200 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,371 | 1,149 | #212 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,926 | 1,348 | #208 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,426 | 1,260 | #218 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,484 | 1,380 | #207 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,482 | 1,386 | #206 |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,121 | 1,357 | #208 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,568 | 1,359 | #209 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,836 | 1,372 | #202 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,949 | 1,380 | #197 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,152 | 1,371 | #199 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,747 | 1,293 | #199 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,871 | 1,259 | #198 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,948 | 1,200 | #202 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,447 | 1,095 | #201 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,671 | 1,040 | #200 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,758 | 1,026 | #200 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,841 | 998 | #203 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,889 | 908 | #209 |
| 1947 | — | — | 738 | #238 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,871 | 647 | #241 |
| 1945 | — | — | 560 | #238 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,483 | 507 | #263 |
| 1943 | — | — | 544 | #260 |
| 1942 | — | — | 514 | #262 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,888 | 460 | #258 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,919 | 443 | #267 |
| 1939 | — | — | 450 | #254 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,897 | 445 | #260 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,736 | 489 | #238 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,655 | 481 | #238 |
| 1935 | — | — | 489 | #240 |
| 1934 | — | — | 443 | #256 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,696 | 398 | #266 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,336 | 469 | #247 |
| 1931 | — | — | 465 | #247 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,140 | 515 | #244 |
| 1929 | — | — | 486 | #254 |
| 1928 | 7 | #4,131 | 491 | #253 |
| 1927 | — | — | 479 | #264 |
| 1926 | — | — | 440 | #270 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,646 | 427 | #277 |
| 1924 | — | — | 398 | #289 |
| 1923 | — | — | 368 | #293 |
| 1922 | — | — | 361 | #300 |
| 1921 | — | — | 357 | #302 |
| 1920 | — | — | 336 | #314 |
| 1919 | — | — | 292 | #331 |
| 1918 | — | — | 286 | #339 |
| 1917 | — | — | 289 | #316 |
| 1916 | — | — | 237 | #351 |
| 1915 | — | — | 256 | #330 |
| 1914 | — | — | 199 | #324 |
| 1913 | — | — | 154 | #330 |
| 1912 | — | — | 134 | #324 |
| 1911 | — | — | 59 | #361 |
| 1910 | — | — | 83 | #269 |
| 1909 | — | — | 71 | #264 |
| 1908 | — | — | 60 | #280 |
| 1907 | — | — | 62 | #268 |
| 1906 | — | — | 52 | #277 |
| 1905 | — | — | 41 | #315 |
| 1904 | — | — | 38 | #326 |
| 1903 | — | — | 50 | #262 |
| 1902 | — | — | 45 | #284 |
| 1901 | — | — | 35 | #301 |
| 1900 | — | — | 50 | #296 |
| 1899 | — | — | 32 | #313 |
| 1898 | — | — | 45 | #267 |
| 1897 | — | — | 42 | #282 |
| 1896 | — | — | 49 | #259 |
| 1895 | — | — | 37 | #300 |
| 1894 | — | — | 33 | #307 |
| 1893 | — | — | 41 | #274 |
| 1892 | — | — | 44 | #273 |
| 1891 | — | — | 25 | #347 |
| 1890 | — | — | 25 | #356 |
| 1889 | — | — | 33 | #303 |
| 1888 | — | — | 21 | #412 |
| 1887 | — | — | 34 | #288 |
| 1886 | — | — | 40 | #271 |
| 1885 | — | — | 28 | #325 |
| 1884 | — | — | 28 | #335 |
| 1883 | — | — | 30 | #305 |
| 1882 | — | — | 34 | #297 |
| 1881 | — | — | 21 | #374 |
| 1880 | — | — | 30 | #311 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).