NameTides

Reuben

Reuben was the #883 boys' name in the US in 2025 (269 babies), and #29 in England & Wales and #625 in Canada.

Reuben as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Reuben as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Reuben as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#883 (269)#29 (1,412)#37 (107)#29 (57)#156 (33)#625 (46)#85 (99)
2024#857 (283)#33 (1,442)#38 (106)#34 (53)#137 (38)#558 (49)—
2023#809 (303)#37 (1,356)#43 (104)#32 (61)#150 (36)#561 (48)#73 (109)
2022#852 (285)#36 (1,475)#43 (110)#39 (58)#135 (44)#604 (44)#87 (101)
2021#879 (263)#36 (1,534)#46 (112)#34 (65)#141 (42)#596 (47)—
2020#907 (246)#44 (1,339)#55 (90)#46 (54)#142 (41)#517 (51)—
2019#890 (245)#44 (1,424)#79 (80)#51 (56)#147 (40)#633 (41)#92 (97)
2018#927 (229)#42 (1,504)#69 (96)#42 (65)#125 (50)#467 (59)—
2017#895 (240)#49 (1,309)#77 (81)#41 (68)#149 (40)#502 (56)—
2016#874 (251)#48 (1,322)#84 (81)#49 (62)#150 (41)#588 (46)—
2015#868 (258)#51 (1,188)#87 (78)#44 (65)#171 (36)#624 (42)—
2014#844 (267)#51 (1,166)#104 (69)#60 (50)#136 (47)#681 (37)—
2013#880 (237)#54 (1,144)#96 (67)#50 (61)#138 (46)#625 (41)—
2012#946 (215)#68 (1,014)#112 (57)#57 (56)#131 (55)#640 (38)—
2011#928 (215)#72 (941)#127 (49)#70 (48)#180 (37)#648 (38)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1895 at #151.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 190very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 180very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 150very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 720common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Reuben is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 6,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Reuben by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #668INOhio: #676OHPennsylvania: #378PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #439MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,652TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Reuben (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#50324

Reuben (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ReubenCanadaBoys#62546
ReubenEngland & WalesBoys#291,412
ReubenIrelandBoys#15633
ReubenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ReubenNorthern IrelandBoys#2957
ReubenNSWBoys#8599
ReubenScotlandBoys#37107
ReubenUSGirls—too few
ReubenUSBoys#883269