Reuel — #3977 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Reuel

The Social Security Administration has registered 922 babies named Reuel between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Reuel currently holds the #3977 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Reuel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Reuel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Reuel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Reuel 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 922 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.