Boys' name · since 1880
Rubin
7,054 babies named Rubin in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,453 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,399 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,054
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rubin currently ranks #5399 among boys' names in America, with 7,054 babies recorded since 1880.
Rubin has 7,054 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5399 as of the latest data, more common than 61% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,453 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,399 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 7,054 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rubin ranks #1,453 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,399 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 7,054 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,453 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,399 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,054
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rubin's 7,054 recorded births place it above 96.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Rubin compares
7,054 Top 11% higher than 89% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rubin's all-time total is 19x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rubin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,054 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 147 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rubin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rubin's SSA record in two at 1954 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1895, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 147, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rubin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1923)
- 147
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Rubin popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 1959 (Rubin as girls' name)
Rubin by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,121 births, 16% of the file).
1920s was Rubin's strongest decade.
1,121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Rubin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 78
1880s
78 births
- 1890s 115
1890s
115 births
- 1900s 234
1900s
234 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,011 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,121 births
- 1930s
1930s
654 births
- 1940s
1940s
611 births
- 1950s
1950s
716 births
- 1960s
1960s
589 births
- 1970s
1970s
558 births
- 1980s 418
1980s
418 births
- 1990s 351
1990s
351 births
- 2000s 280
2000s
280 births
- 2010s 216
2010s
216 births
- 2020s 102
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,121 births (16% of all-time use).
How Rubin compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Rubin's total volume
Rubin by state
Where Rubin concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,075 | 15.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 513 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 319 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 258 | 3.7% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 240 | 3.4% |
| #6 | California | | 215 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 213 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 102 | 1.4% |
1,075 of 7,054 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Rubin appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rubin's data
- Rubin's decade-level peak was the 1920s (1,121 total births); usage has since declined to 102 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Rubins (1,075 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rubin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rubin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.