Reuven
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,363 for boys
Reuven is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).
What does Reuven mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Reuven a girl's or a boy's name?
Reuven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reuven in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Reuven, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Reuven in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
How popular is Reuven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,363rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Reuven, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Reuven in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Reuven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,370 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
Names like Reuven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Kayden, Finn, Aiden, Rowan, Eden, Brody, Kian, Rian, Raiden, Lochlan, Brayden
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Reuven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reuven, updated 20 October 2026.