Ruben
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning behold, a son; variant of Reuben.
Babies a year
527
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#480
up from #501
UK popularity
#100
527 babies · up from #126
How Ruben has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #374 |
| 2016 | #398 |
| 2017 | #418 |
| 2018 | #415 |
| 2019 | #417 |
| 2020 | #468 |
| 2021 | #460 |
| 2022 | #459 |
| 2023 | #480 |
| 2024 | #501 |
| 2025 | #480 |
In 2025, 527 babies in England and Wales were named Ruben. In the US, 745 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 1,805 in 1992.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Ruben was most common in 1975, when it went to 0.08% of American babies of that sex.
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