Total births
56
Recorded 2012–2019 Boys' name Peak 2015 56 births
Rueger — boys' name
56 babies named Rueger in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Rueger was born in this single decade.
2015
Single peak year
10 babies were named Rueger in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rueger
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Rueger between 2012 and 2019, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rueger currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rueger performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rueger 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 56 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.
Rueger at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
2015
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2012
Rueger popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2012
- Peak year (2015)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Rueger by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 56 births that decade — 100% of Rueger's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Rueger? ▼
56 babies have been named Rueger since 2012. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2015 with 10 births.
When was Rueger most popular? ▼
Rueger was most popular in the 2010s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Rueger been used? ▼
Rueger has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 8 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Rueger? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rueben, Ruel, Rue, Ruey, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Rueger
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Ruey Boy
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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, 2012–2019 (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.