# Rubin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rubin/  
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 | 7,070 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,054 / 16 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 252, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 6 | 6,098 |
| 1964 | 5 | 7,593 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,935 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 4,331 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,443 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,763 |
| 2014 | 29 | 3,677 |
| 2015 | 31 | 3,574 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,280 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,733 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,071 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,303 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,414 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4,466 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,179 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,819 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,751 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,571 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,281 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Rubin

- Rubin Carter, American boxer (1937–2014)
- Rubin Goldmark, American composer, pianist and educator (1872-1936)

## 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.