Rube — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rube

The Social Security Administration has registered 612 babies named Rube between 1880 and 1973, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rube currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rube performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Rube shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rube in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rube 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 612 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.