Rubin
Rubin was given to 17 boys in 2025, #5,569 among boys’ names; 7,070 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,130 Americans named Rubin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 33 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rubin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rubin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rubin is “a male given name from Hebrew, of rather rare usage, variant of Reuben.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rubin?
#5,569 among boys’ names, 2025
Rubin fell from #3,573 in 2015 to #5,569 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 16.2 to 10.0 per million.
147 babies in 1923, the peak
Rubin peaked in 1923, when 147 boys were given it, #505 among boys’ names. The 17 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,569 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,746 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,814 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,175 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,462 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,410 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,299 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 19 | #5,067 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,729 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,276 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 31 | #3,573 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,675 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,760 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,437 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,329 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 25 | #4,079 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,738 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,629 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 18 | #5,167 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,071 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,593 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,998 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,251 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,868 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,300 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,789 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,776 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,767 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,295 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,367 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,667 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,291 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,438 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,971 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 46 | #1,758 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,002 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 45 | #1,724 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 50 | #1,506 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,604 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 47 | #1,468 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,719 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,476 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,510 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,585 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,449 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,954 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,252 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,197 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,093 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 43 | #1,341 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,122 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,095 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,055 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 61 | #1,049 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,081 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,098 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 55 | #984 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 53 | #1,005 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,139 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 59 | #988 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 71 | #889 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 75 | #886 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 75 | #888 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 58 | #1,015 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,045 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 66 | #942 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 63 | #962 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 82 | #829 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 87 | #784 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 78 | #824 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 62 | #917 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 67 | #857 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 84 | #764 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 72 | #804 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 77 | #787 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 84 | #734 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 72 | #818 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 57 | #876 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 50 | #911 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 58 | #829 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 58 | #882 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 49 | #955 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 55 | #856 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 51 | #887 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 55 | #827 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 59 | #813 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 52 | #853 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 56 | #824 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 62 | #789 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 56 | #840 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 71 | #727 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 81 | #683 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 70 | #741 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 92 | #641 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 79 | #700 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 100 | #612 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 99 | #636 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 112 | #596 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 108 | #608 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 128 | #559 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 147 | #505 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 125 | #570 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 107 | #614 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 116 | #579 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 122 | #542 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 130 | #533 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 119 | #534 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 134 | #492 | 0.15 |
| 1915 | 141 | #465 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 110 | #461 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 93 | #447 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 73 | #463 | 0.17 |
| 1911 | 49 | #412 | 0.22 |
| 1910 | 40 | #438 | 0.21 |
| 1909 | 30 | #469 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 23 | #537 | 0.15 |
| 1907 | 35 | #384 | 0.24 |
| 1906 | 30 | #398 | 0.23 |
| 1905 | 26 | #428 | 0.20 |
| 1904 | 15 | #608 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 16 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 22 | #455 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 14 | #553 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 23 | #486 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 9 | #770 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 17 | #518 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 14 | #578 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 13 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 7 | #964 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 10 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 8 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 11 | #677 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 13 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1890 | 13 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 8 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 10 | #692 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 8 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 8 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 9 | #689 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 9 | #698 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 12 | #572 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 14 | #501 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rubin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rubin has been given almost only to boys: 16 girls in 144 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rubin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rubin, and how old are they?
3,130 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 7,070 Americans ever recorded as Rubin. The median Rubin alive today is 52 years old; half are between 33 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 4,300 people named Rubin (94 women and girls, 4,206 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,393 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 196 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 892 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 744 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 609 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 435 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 251 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rubin born?
The states with the most babies named Rubin are New York, Texas and Florida, with 57% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,075 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Texas | 513 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Florida | 319 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Georgia | 258 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| South Carolina | 240 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| California | 215 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 213 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 102 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 70 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 65 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Rubin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rubin is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rubin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 129,148 babies since 1880, Rubin is the second most given (5.5% of them). In 2025 it was given to 17 of their 677 babies (2.5%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rubin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rubin and names like it
- Compare Rubin and RubenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sRubin peaked in 1923.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rubin since 1910.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Rubin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rubin alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.