first name
RUBEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 126,201 people named Ruben, 89.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% as White and 2.5% 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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Ruben peaked in 1992, when 1,814 babies got the name.
At least 117,207 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.
Ruben by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #365. The largest share of babies named Ruben, 21.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Ruben is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ruben has been most common in New Mexico (4.5×), Texas (4×), and Arizona (3.9×), and least common in Iowa (0.08×).
111,035 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 Ruben
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ruben, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ruben ranks #11,281 of 156,621, with 2,679 people. See Ruben as a last name
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