# Reuel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/reuel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “friend of god” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈruː(ə)l/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 958 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 958 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 238, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew רְעוּאֵל (“friend of God”).

## What it means

Reuel is grouped under friend and god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,949 |
| 2012 | 18 | 5,203 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,473 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,240 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,393 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,649 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,274 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7,032 |
| 2019 | 15 | 6,040 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,409 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,730 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,070 |
| 2023 | 29 | 3,862 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,054 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3,364 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Reuel

- Reuel Williams, American politician
- J. R. R. Tolkien, English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.