Reuben — #872 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Reuben

The Social Security Administration has registered 31,851 babies named Reuben between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Reuben currently holds the #872 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 465 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Reuben performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 3,860 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Reuben shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,421 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Reuben in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Reuben in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 31,851 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.