Boys' name · since 1918
Rhuben
Rhuben has 13 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rhuben sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 13 recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhuben has been recorded 13 times among boys since 1918, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1922.
- #32,286 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 13 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rhuben ranks #32,286 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #32,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rhuben's 13 recorded births place it above 28.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rhuben's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rhuben's full recorded timeline at 1922, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rhuben popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1922
- Peak year (1922)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Rhuben by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (7 births, 54% of the file).
1920s was Rhuben's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Rhuben births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 7 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rhuben: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~4 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, 1918–1922 (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 Rhuben 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.