How Many People Are Named Reuel?
people named Reuel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 578,316 people in the US has this name
Based on 958 babies named Reuel in Social Security records from 1893 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
35 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "friend of God" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is another name for Jethro. The fantasy author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a famous bearer.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Reuel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Reuel alive today is about 28 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Reuel first appears in the records in 1893, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 35 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Reuel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,004, in 1893. In 2025 it ranked #3,363.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,363 |
| Best rank | #1,004 (1893) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,185 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Reuel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Reuel were born in Texas than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today.
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