Ruben

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #480in 2025
  • 1 in 2,702boys in 2025
  • −18%last ten years
  • 2.4×in Texas

Most popular in 1992. Quieter now: down 18% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

045290418801916195319892025

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Ruben, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880272
1881208
1882299
1883287
1884245
1885260
1886361
1887335
1888174
1889298
1890225
1891247
1892361
1893365
1894285
1895315
1896410
1897372
1898367
1899301
1900332
1901329
1902367
1903419
1904297
1905310
1906391
1907422
1908389
1909433
1910427
1911261
1912312
1913300
1914304
1915302
1916266
1917312
1918282
1919298
1920316
1921324
1922332
1923336
1924351
1925383
1926396
1927425
1928443
1929452
1930469
1931447
1932449
1933401
1934429
1935470
1936464
1937458
1938401
1939407
1940382
1941374
1942372
1943381
1944372
1945416
1946398
1947403
1948517
1949563
1950573
1951552
1952563
1953608
1954618
1955628
1956648
1957640
1958646
1959637
1960636
1961652
1962667
1963620
1964676
1965618
1966670
1967673
1968655
1969691
1970714
1971748
1972815
1973840
1974879
1975881
1976867
1977831
1978841
1979811
1980834
1981822
1982811
1983835
1984761
1985787
1986750
1987818
1988833
1989799
1990849
1991857
1992904
1993892
1994893
1995891
1996878
1997846
1998828
1999853
2000875
2001894
2002810
2003838
2004807
2005734
2006777
2007713
2008665
2009604
2010574
2011514
2012506
2013470
2014465
2015451
2016422
2017405
2018415
2019414
2020369
2021373
2022384
2023368
2024352
2025370

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Texas 2.4×
  2. California 2.4×
  3. Nevada 2.3×
  4. Arizona 2.3×
  5. Oregon 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
632
Rank in 2025
#480
How rare
1 in 2,702 boys
Since 1880
116,552

Most popular in 1992, at 904 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 18% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Texas2.4×466
California2.4×459
Nevada2.3×28
Arizona2.3×81
Oregon1.6×26

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