# Rueben (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rueben/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,871 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,871 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,448, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,477 |
| 2012 | 36 | 3,158 |
| 2013 | 29 | 3,643 |
| 2014 | 30 | 3,601 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4,053 |
| 2016 | 22 | 4,587 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3,752 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,977 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,415 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,223 |
| 2021 | 25 | 4,210 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,756 |
| 2023 | 24 | 4,439 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,611 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,929 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 732 |
| 2012 | 52 | 654 |
| 2013 | 66 | 546 |
| 2014 | 83 | 475 |
| 2015 | 68 | 557 |
| 2016 | 46 | 732 |
| 2017 | 79 | 501 |
| 2018 | 61 | 596 |
| 2019 | 79 | 493 |
| 2020 | 55 | 627 |
| 2021 | 88 | 465 |
| 2022 | 71 | 540 |
| 2023 | 103 | 389 |
| 2024 | 94 | 427 |
| 2025 | 107 | 387 |

## People named Rueben

- Joel Madden, American singer-songwriter

## 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.