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Reuben

Pronounced /ˈɹu.bən/

Rank in 2024
#872
Born in 2024
275
Peak year
1920 · #254
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 275 boys were named Reuben, about 1 in every 6,238.
  • It peaked in 1920 with 465 babies, ranked #254.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 31,851 boys have been named Reuben since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Reuben per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.4
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. 0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 7,275 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Silent: 4,073 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,211 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,743 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,231 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,571 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,092 babies, 0.14 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén), from רְאוּ (r'ú, “see [masculine plural imperative]”) + בֵּן (ben, “son”); its literal meaning is therefore roughly, "See, all: a son!" There are several unconfirmed etymologies for the name of the sandwich. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
  • A surname transferred from the given name
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈɹu.bən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Reuben, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Ruben

    Rank
    #501
    Born '24
    607
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19922024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Rueben

    Rank
    #5,476
    Born '24
    17
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19212024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Rubin

    Rank
    #6,522
    Born '24
    13
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19232024