Rubab — girls' name
48 babies named Rubab in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Rubab was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Rubab in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rubab
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Rubab between 1991 and 2023, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rubab currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rubab performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rubab shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rubab 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 48 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.
Rubab at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rubab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1991
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
48 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 9 births in a single year.
Rubab by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 21 births that decade — 44% of Rubab's all-time total
Rubab decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Rubab's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.