first name
REUBEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,061 people named Reuben, 50.9% reported their origin as White, 19.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.8% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Reuben peaked in 1920, when 465 babies got the name.
At least 32,190 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Reuben by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #407. The largest share of babies named Reuben, 22.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Reuben is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Reuben has been most common in North Dakota (4.8×), South Dakota (2.2×), and Minnesota (1.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.16×).
23,750 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Reuben
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Reuben, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Reuben ranks #22,709 of 156,621, with 1,159 people. See Reuben as a last name
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