Rubell — girls' name
37 babies named Rubell in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Rubell was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Rubell in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rubell
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Rubell between 1919 and 1939, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rubell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1939. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rubell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rubell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rubell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rubell 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 37 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.
Rubell at a glance
Last recorded 1939Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rubell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1919
- Peak year (1924)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1939.
37 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 8 births in a single year.
Rubell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 25 births that decade — 68% of Rubell's all-time total
Rubell decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rubell's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Rubell by state
Where Rubell concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 13.5% |
5 of 37 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 13.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 13.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1919–1939 (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.