Rueben — #5445 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rueben

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,843 babies named Rueben between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rueben currently holds the #5445 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rueben performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 579 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rueben shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 540 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Rueben in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rueben 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 4,843 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.