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Rubin

Gender
Boy
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#5,397 for boys

Rubin is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).

What does Rubin mean?

Hebrew

A male given name from Hebrew, of rather rare usage, variant of Reuben.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Rubin a girl's or a boy's name?

Rubin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rubin in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,747th among boys
Babies in 2025
5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Rubin, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 24 boys.

Half of all the boys named Rubin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 24 in 20142025
Rubin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20248#2,750
20238#2,691
20225#3,639
20219#2,434
20209#2,359
201914#1,756
20187#2,823
201711#2,174
201623#1,268
20156#3,149
201424#1,196
201310#2,176
201210#2,230
201118#1,433
20105#3,478
200911#1,959
200812#1,810
20078#2,337
200612#1,640
20057#2,292
200412#1,494
20038#1,880
20024#2,751
20018#1,690
20005#2,237
19995#2,184
19980–
19970–
19966#1,840

How popular is Rubin in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,397th among boys
Babies in 2025
17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Rubin, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1923, with 147 boys.

Half of all the boys named Rubin in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 946 boys in the US were given Rubin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #355, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 147 in 19232025
Rubin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202517#5,397
202413#6,464
202313#6,512
202219#5,015
202123#4,358
202017#5,231
201918#5,149
201819#4,914
201716#5,522
201618#5,120
201531#3,512
201429#3,615
201320#4,619
201217#5,250
201123#4,219
201025#3,993
200913#6,432
200830#3,558
200718#4,994
200636#3,023
200527#3,524
200434#2,949
200329#3,181
200233#2,813
200127#3,223
200033#2,731
199931#2,718
199830#2,708
199737#2,257
199634#2,327
199528#2,621
199435#2,254
199331#2,393
199241#1,950
199146#1,738
199038#1,963
198945#1,700
198850#1,496
198744#1,585
198647#1,456
198536#1,697
198443#1,457
198341#1,489
198239#1,562
198144#1,432
198029#1,910
197955#1,241
197852#1,240
197755#1,187
197660#1,084
197543#1,322
197454#1,115
197362#1,023
197256#1,083
197160#1,047
197061#1,043
196952#1,075
196847#1,083
196755#981
196653#998
196544#1,129
196459#982
196371#886
196275#878
196175#881
196058#1,007
195955#1,033
195866#935
195763#956
195682#821
195587#779
195478#818
195362#907
195267#849
195184#762
195072#799
194977#781
194884#732
194772#814
194657#869
194550#899
194458#824
194358#875
194249#947
194155#850
194051#881
193955#818
193859#808
193752#845
193656#816
193562#785
193456#836
193371#721
193281#677
193170#733
193092#640
192979#695
1928100#610
192799#634
1926112#595
1925108#608
1924128#556
1923147#502
1922125#568
1921107#611
1920116#578
1919122#541
1918130#532
1917119#532
1916134#491
1915141#462
1914110#459
191393#445
191273#463
191149#409
191040#430
190930#462
190823#522
190735#381
190630#394
190526#421
190415#587
190316#550
190222#440
190114#536
190023#477
18999#714
189817#505
189714#556
189613#592
18957#871
189410#667
18938#768
189211#640
189113#497
189013#533
18898#722
188810#648
18878#679
18868#694
18859#641
18849#663
18830–
188212#540
18810–
188014#482

Names like Rubin

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Reuben, Arthur, Ellis, Archie, Leon, Frederick, Wilfred, Stanley, Charlie, Ralph, Otis, Ollie

Other spellings of Rubin

Ruben, Reuben, Rueben

Names related to Rubin

Robin, Ruban

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

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, “Rubin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rubin, updated 20 October 2026.