Rube · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Rube.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 67 recorded years as a table

Rube, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	54
1881	89
1882	44
1883	96
1884	105
1885	56
1886	72
1887	99
1888	91
1889	81
1890	45
1891	69
1892	74
1894	52
1895	51
1896	109
1897	89
1898	82
1900	80
1901	56
1902	41
1903	84
1905	83
1906	60
1907	68
1908	39
1909	55
1911	31
1912	30
1913	21
1914	14
1915	21
1916	18
1917	27
1918	15
1919	11
1920	18
1921	14
1922	12
1923	7
1924	11
1925	10
1926	13
1927	7
1928	7
1929	6
1930	8
1931	8
1932	11
1933	8
1934	8
1935	7
1937	8
1938	6
1940	5
1942	4
1943	6
1944	4
1945	4
1948	4
1949	3
1952	3
1955	3
1956	2
1957	3
1966	3
1973	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rube isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1973: 5
Rank in 1973: #5,101
How rare: 1 in 311,715 boys
Since 1880: 612

Rube was last recorded in 1973. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1896, at 109 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rube doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.