NameTides

Ruben

Ruben was the #480 boys' name in the US in 2025 (632 babies), and #100 in England & Wales and #1,049 in Canada.

Ruben as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ruben as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandNorthern IrelandUSCanada
Ruben as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#480 (632)#100 (527)#152 (29)#270 (6)#188 (25)#1,049 (24)
2024#504 (607)#126 (435)#130 (37)#256 (7)#200 (24)#871 (29)
2023#481 (629)#112 (471)#121 (42)#348 (4)#181 (28)#756 (33)
2022#458 (670)#114 (480)#148 (34)#163 (13)#239 (20)#670 (39)
2021#460 (653)#110 (540)#153 (33)#226 (9)#178 (30)#892 (27)
2020#465 (637)#123 (454)#152 (33)#231 (8)#226 (21)#1,129 (19)
2019#415 (743)#132 (429)#141 (40)#209 (10)#285 (16)#973 (23)
2018#416 (753)#132 (435)#162 (33)#215 (9)#269 (17)#628 (41)
2017#418 (749)#159 (358)#250 (18)#318 (5)#281 (16)#731 (34)
2016#396 (801)#163 (363)#198 (27)#195 (11)#190 (30)#911 (25)
2015#374 (864)#153 (374)#200 (26)#187 (12)#210 (26)#1,007 (21)
2014#359 (893)#158 (361)#223 (22)#281 (6)#226 (25)#747 (32)
2013#355 (889)#156 (370)#227 (20)#244 (7)#245 (22)#858 (27)
2012#329 (959)#172 (341)#203 (26)#273 (6)#202 (29)#885 (25)
2011#323 (977)#176 (318)#194 (26)#261 (6)#289 (16)#896 (24)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1992 at #178.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 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 2,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 520common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 680common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 950common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ruben is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ruben by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #532ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #326ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #234CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #441CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #295AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #650GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #239TXFlorida: #846FL
Ruben (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
Quebec2025#7165
Ontario2024#1,1239

Ruben (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
RubenCanadaBoys#1,04924
RubenEngland & WalesBoys#100527
RubenIrelandBoys#18825
RubenNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
RubenScotlandBoys#15229
RubenUSGirls—too few
RubenUSBoys#480632