Reuben-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROO-ben-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
Reuben-James is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “behold, a son + heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies).
What does Reuben-James mean?
Hebrew: Reuben + James
“behold, a son + heel-holder, supplanter”
Joins Reuben (Hebrew, “behold, a son”) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).
Meanings borrowed from Reuben and James.
Is Reuben-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Reuben-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reuben-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Reuben-James, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th.
2025 had the most boys named Reuben-James of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Reuben-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Reuben-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
Names like Reuben-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elias, Tobias, Elijah, Raphael, Reuben, Myles, Rory, Jesse, Theodore, Ezra, Matteo, Robin
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Reuben-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reuben-james, updated 20 October 2026.