# Reuven (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/reuven/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,091 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,091 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 37, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hebrew רְאוּבֵן

## 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 | 27 | 3,871 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,981 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,594 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,104 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,072 |
| 2016 | 34 | 3,347 |
| 2017 | 25 | 4,207 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,588 |
| 2019 | 33 | 3,481 |
| 2020 | 51 | 2,539 |
| 2021 | 43 | 2,904 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,044 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,166 |
| 2024 | 59 | 2,390 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,383 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Reuven

- Reuven Rivlin, 10th President of Israel (2014–2021)
- Reuven Shiloah, Director of Mossad from 1949 to 1953
- Reuven Dafni, Croatian-Israeli soldier and diplomat (1913-2005)
- Moshe Reuven Azman, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine
- J.R. Rotem, American record producer
- Robert R. Sokal, Austrian-American biostatistician and entomologist (1926-2012)

## 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.