How Many People Are Named Reuben?
people named Reuben are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 19,067 people in the US has this name
Based on 32,190 babies named Reuben in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
465 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "behold, a son" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is the eldest son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Reuben was cursed by his father because he slept with Jacob's concubine Bilhah. It has been used as a Christian name in Britain since the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Reuben (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Reuben alive today is about 38 years old, and 40% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 55 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Reuben first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 465 babies. In 2025, 269 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Reuben has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #149, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #889.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #889 |
| Best rank | #149 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #288 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Reuben alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Reuben were born in California than in any other state: about 2,048 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Reuben was given 4 times as often in North Dakota, 1.9 times in South Dakota and 1.8 times in Hawaii.
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