The name Ruben is of Hebrew origin, and means see - a son.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Ruben has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Ruben
Use of the Name Ruben for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
96,665
72,816
39,946
16,399
8,236
3,233
1,583
The table below indicates the number of times the name Ruben has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Ruben
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
311
30
1881
374
21
1882
298
34
1883
305
30
1884
335
28
1885
326
28
1886
272
40
1887
288
34
1888
412
21
1889
303
33
1890
356
25
1891
347
25
1892
273
44
1893
274
41
1894
307
33
1895
300
37
1896
259
49
1897
282
42
1898
267
45
1899
313
32
1900
296
50
1901
303
35
1902
284
45
1903
262
50
1904
326
38
1905
315
41
1906
278
52
1907
270
61
1908
276
61
1909
264
71
1910
270
83
1911
361
59
1912
323
134
1913
332
152
1914
322
200
1915
330
256
1916
349
238
1917
321
285
1918
336
289
1919
329
294
1920
315
337
1921
306
352
1922
300
360
1923
290
372
1924
291
395
1925
279
425
1926
269
441
1927
264
474
1928
253
492
1929
254
484
1930
244
515
1931
247
462
1932
248
466
1933
265
398
1934
256
440
1935
239
488
1936
233
483
1937
238
489
1938
260
443
1939
254
454
1940
268
440
1941
257
466
1942
263
515
1943
259
543
1944
266
498
1945
238
560
1946
241
645
1947
240
733
1948
209
908
1949
202
996
1950
201
1,022
1951
200
1,038
1952
201
1,098
1953
202
1,196
1954
199
1,255
1955
200
1,286
1956
199
1,359
1957
197
1,383
1958
202
1,369
1959
208
1,359
1960
208
1,358
1961
208
1,372
1962
207
1,381
1963
218
1,259
1964
208
1,342
1965
212
1,152
1966
200
1,192
1967
197
1,171
1968
204
1,138
1969
201
1,236
1970
198
1,324
1971
192
1,320
1972
184
1,320
1973
179
1,304
1974
171
1,383
1975
172
1,370
1976
171
1,359
1977
173
1,365
1978
172
1,376
1979
172
1,392
1980
165
1,482
1981
170
1,471
1982
177
1,470
1983
174
1,490
1984
183
1,371
1985
180
1,448
1986
186
1,383
1987
179
1,525
1988
178
1,587
1989
186
1,592
1990
177
1,737
1991
181
1,733
1992
178
1,799
1993
185
1,743
1994
182
1,716
1995
184
1,696
1996
190
1,661
1997
199
1,594
1998
205
1,579
1999
209
1,633
2000
207
1,711
2001
207
1,727
2002
219
1,565
2003
215
1,650
2004
217
1,583
Totals:
96,665
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Ruben as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.