Rube is a rare variant of Ruby that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Rube is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1973. Rube was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1917 (25 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 | — | #5,739 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #3,875 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,918 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #4,379 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,816 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #4,175 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,636 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #3,271 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #3,702 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #3,381 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | #2,932 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #3,961 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #3,407 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,121 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,645 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | #3,210 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #2,923 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #2,955 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,440 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,053 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #2,976 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #3,889 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,313 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,402 |
| 1926 | 14 | — | #2,281 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,722 |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,451 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,418 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #2,461 |
| 1921 | 15 | — | #2,248 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | #1,873 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | #2,635 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | #2,145 |
| 1917 | 25 | — | #1,429 |
| 1916 | 16 | — | #1,930 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,704 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,423 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | #1,785 |
| 1912 | 13 | — | #1,408 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,510 |
| 1909 | 9 | — | #1,072 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,347 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | #921 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #985 |
| 1905 | 11 | — | #781 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | #769 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,286 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,039 |
| 1900 | 12 | — | #778 |
| 1898 | 10 | — | #736 |
| 1897 | 10 | — | #718 |
| 1896 | 13 | — | #630 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,063 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #1,057 |
| 1892 | 9 | — | #786 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | #830 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,131 |
| 1889 | 9 | — | #716 |
| 1888 | 11 | — | #641 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | #623 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #747 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #923 |
| 1884 | 12 | — | #566 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | #635 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #1,066 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | #648 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #890 |