Rubena — girls' name
182 babies named Rubena in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Rubena was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Rubena in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rubena
The Social Security Administration has registered 182 babies named Rubena between 1911 and 1970, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rubena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rubena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rubena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rubena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rubena 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 182 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.
Rubena at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rubena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1911
- Peak year (1922)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
182 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 13 births in a single year.
Rubena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 78 births that decade — 43% of Rubena's all-time total
Rubena decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rubena's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Rubena by state
Where Rubena concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 182 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 2.7% 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, 1911–1970 (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.