Ruben Boy
How popular is Ruben?
#480 boy name in 2025
632 baby boys were named Ruben in the US in 2025, making it the 480th most popular boy name.
Ruben popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #480 for boys (▲ 24 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 632 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #374 in 2015, #465 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (1,805 boys) |
| Highest rank | #165 in 1980 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ruben counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ruben family of names ranked #463 for boys in 2025 (#478 the year before), with 649 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ruben | 632 | 97% |
| Rubin | 17 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ruben is most popular
Babies named Ruben per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Nevada: 1.0 per 1,000 (55 boys)
- Arizona: 0.9 per 1,000 (148 boys)
- Texas: 0.9 per 1,000 (786 boys)
- California: 0.9 per 1,000 (809 boys)
Ruben by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 299 | #267 |
| 1890s | 373 | #259 |
| 1900s | 504 | #257 |
| 1910s | 1,989 | #267 |
| 1920s | 4,143 | #253 |
| 1930s | 4,644 | #238 |
| 1940s | 6,319 | #203 |
| 1950s | 12,395 | #197 |
| 1960s | 12,623 | #197 |
| 1970s | 13,538 | #171 |
| 1980s | 14,858 | #165 |
| 1990s | 16,930 | #178 |
| 2000s | 15,379 | #206 |
| 2010s | 8,730 | #297 |
| 2020s | 3,828 | #458 |
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Questions
- Is Ruben a boy or girl name?
- Ruben is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ruben were boys.
- How popular is the name Ruben?
- 632 baby boys were named Ruben in the US in 2025, making it the 480th most popular boy name.
- When was Ruben most popular?
- Ruben peaked in 1992, when 1,805 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #165 in 1980.
- How many people are named Ruben?
- 117,207 babies have been named Ruben in the US since 1880. We estimate about 93,970 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Ruben most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ruben was most common in New Mexico, at 1.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.