Boys' name · since 1959
Reuven
Reuven has 1,091 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,851 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,376 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,091
- born since 1959
- 2020s
- peak decade
Reuven currently ranks #2376 among boys' names in America, with 1,091 babies recorded since 1959.
Reuven has 1,091 recorded births among boys since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2376 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #4,851 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,376 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,091 born since 1959
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reuven ranks #4,851 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,376 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,091 born since 1959, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,851 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,376 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,091
- born since 1959
- 2020s
- peak decade
Reuven's 1,091 recorded births place it above 89.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Reuven compares
1,091 Top 30% higher than 70% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Reuven's all-time total is 196% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Reuven | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,091 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 34 | 22,252 |
Reuven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Reuven splits its recorded history at 2000: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1972 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 59 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Reuven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Reuven by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (291 births, 27% of the file).
2020s was Reuven's strongest decade.
291 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Reuven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1970s 75
1970s
75 births
- 1980s 98
1980s
98 births
- 1990s
1990s
126 births
- 2000s
2000s
218 births
- 2010s
2010s
276 births
- 2020s
2020s
291 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 291 births (27% of all-time use).
How Reuven compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Reuven's total volume
Reuven by state
Where Reuven concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 483 | 44.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 187 | 17.1% |
| #3 | California | | 6 | 0.5% |
483 of 1,091 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Reuvens (483 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Reuven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1959–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Reuven draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.