Ruben

Girl · recorded 1925–2009

  • 2009last recorded
  • 1980best year

Most popular in 1980.

Last recorded in 2009. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ruben.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1925

071319251946196719882009

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 68 recorded years as a table
Ruben, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19254
19286
19304
19326
19337
19367
19377
19389
19404
19416
19445
19464
19483
19495
19509
19516
19523
19534
19548
19556
19567
19573
19582
19594
19605
19615
19625
19633
19645
19653
19664
19675
19684
19697
19707
19717
197211
19738
19747
19757
19768
19779
19784
197910
198013
19815
19828
19838
198410
198512
19864
19875
19889
19899
19906
199110
19925
19936
19947
19953
19963
19973
19983
19997
20003
20043
20053
20093

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ruben 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2009
6
Rank in 2009
#15,242
How rare
1 in 306,185 girls
Since 1925
655

Ruben was last recorded in 2009. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1980, at 13 per million girls born.

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

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