first name
RUBIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,300 people named Rubin, 39.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 27.6% as Black and 23.8% as White. 97.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rubin peaked in 1923, when 147 babies got the name.
At least 7,070 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.
Rubin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #1,076. The largest share of babies named Rubin, 30.6%, 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 Rubin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rubin has been most common in South Carolina (4.9×), New York (4.1×), and Alabama (3.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.36×).
3,356 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 Rubin
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rubin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rubin ranks #1,574 of 156,621, with 22,248 people. See Rubin as a last name
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