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Ruben
Rank in 2024
#501
Born in 2024
607
Peak year
1992 · #178
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 607 boys were named Ruben, about 1 in every 2,826.
- It peaked in 1992 with 1,805 babies, ranked #178.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 115,918 boys have been named Ruben since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ruben per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.4Silent1928–45
- 0.6Boomers1946–64
- 0.8Gen X1965–80
- 0.8Millennials1981–96
- 0.7Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5,609 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Silent: 8,649 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Boomers: 22,417 babies, 0.60 per 1,000. Gen X: 20,919 babies, 0.77 per 1,000. Millennials: 25,485 babies, 0.84 per 1,000. Gen Z: 23,232 babies, 0.74 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,885 babies, 0.41 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).
- A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Reuben.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ruben, CC BY-SA 4.0.