Rueben
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROO-ben
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #406 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Rueben is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “behold, a son”. In 2025 it ranked 406th for boys in the UK (115 babies) and 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Rueben mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Reuben
“behold, a son”
A spelling of Reuben, the name of Jacob's eldest son in Genesis.
Is Rueben a girl's or a boy's name?
Rueben is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 115 boys in the UK and 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rueben in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #406among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 115about 1 in 2,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 115 boys in the UK were named Rueben, making it the 406th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 655th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 116 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rueben in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,256 boys in the UK were given Rueben or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #18, up from #406 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 387th in England and Wales and 400th in Scotland.
Rueben in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115 | #406 |
| 2024 | 104 | #433 |
| 2023 | 116 | #395 |
| 2022 | 80 | #540 |
| 2021 | 94 | #480 |
| 2020 | 59 | #655 |
| 2019 | 85 | #515 |
| 2018 | 66 | #613 |
| 2017 | 86 | #518 |
| 2016 | 50 | #753 |
| 2015 | 75 | #568 |
| 2014 | 87 | #506 |
| 2013 | 70 | #567 |
| 2012 | 54 | #695 |
| 2011 | 46 | #764 |
| 2010 | 54 | #658 |
| 2009 | 55 | #654 |
| 2008 | 49 | #689 |
| 2007 | 38 | #796 |
| 2006 | 38 | #755 |
| 2005 | 26 | #944 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 21 | #975 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Rueben in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Rueben, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 72 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the boys named Rueben in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 946 boys in the US were given Rueben or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #355, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
Rueben in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 37 | #3,088 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,837 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 57 | #1,703 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,836 |
| 1994 | 46 | #1,846 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,736 |
| 1992 | 62 | #1,467 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,646 |
| 1990 | 72 | #1,301 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,369 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,236 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,293 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,198 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 49 | #1,348 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,228 |
| 1981 | 51 | #1,294 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,111 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,240 |
| 1977 | 54 | #1,198 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,099 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,163 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,069 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,330 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,207 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,116 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,129 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,326 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,068 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,027 |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,232 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,080 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,028 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,231 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,185 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,244 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,295 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,251 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,354 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,399 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,187 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,031 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,095 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,078 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,387 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,015 |
| 1930 | 48 | #976 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,044 |
| 1928 | 50 | #963 |
| 1927 | 50 | #990 |
| 1926 | 62 | #840 |
| 1925 | 53 | #924 |
| 1924 | 62 | #872 |
| 1923 | 67 | #821 |
| 1922 | 69 | #809 |
| 1921 | 72 | #800 |
| 1920 | 51 | #965 |
| 1919 | 61 | #839 |
| 1918 | 59 | #855 |
| 1917 | 58 | #839 |
| 1916 | 41 | #998 |
| 1915 | 50 | #868 |
| 1914 | 41 | #836 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,023 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,174 |
| 1911 | 17 | #792 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
Names like Rueben
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Rueben
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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, “Rueben: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rueben, updated 20 October 2026.