Ruben is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1992 and has grown less common since.
Ruben is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #480 for boy births in the United States (and #969 across all names), given to 632 babies. Ruben first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1992 (1,805 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 632 | 632 | — | #480 |
| 2024 | 607 | 607 | — | #505 |
| 2023 | 629 | 629 | — | #482 |
| 2022 | 670 | 670 | — | #460 |
| 2021 | 653 | 660 | — | #460 |
| 2020 | 637 | 637 | — | #466 |
| 2019 | 743 | 751 | — | #418 |
| 2018 | 753 | 753 | — | #416 |
| 2017 | 749 | 758 | — | #418 |
| 2016 | 801 | 809 | — | #397 |
| 2015 | 864 | 875 | — | #374 |
| 2014 | 893 | 905 | — | #359 |
| 2013 | 889 | 901 | — | #355 |
| 2012 | 959 | 973 | — | #330 |
| 2011 | 977 | 998 | — | #323 |
| 2010 | 1,102 | 1,127 | — | #297 |
| 2009 | 1,205 | 1,233 | #16,864 | #282 |
| 2008 | 1,356 | 1,389 | — | #257 |
| 2007 | 1,479 | 1,517 | — | #243 |
| 2006 | 1,597 | 1,631 | — | #225 |
| 2005 | 1,471 | 1,512 | #18,603 | #234 |
| 2004 | 1,606 | 1,651 | #18,243 | #218 |
| 2003 | 1,655 | 1,689 | — | #215 |
| 2002 | 1,572 | 1,624 | — | #219 |
| 2001 | 1,736 | 1,810 | — | #207 |
| 2000 | 1,724 | 1,782 | #14,648 | #207 |
| 1999 | 1,649 | 1,729 | #8,122 | #209 |
| 1998 | 1,588 | 1,664 | #16,057 | #205 |
| 1997 | 1,600 | — | #15,606 | #199 |
| 1996 | 1,668 | — | #15,337 | #190 |
| 1995 | 1,703 | — | #13,017 | #184 |
| 1994 | 1,738 | — | #6,996 | #181 |
| 1993 | 1,760 | — | #7,935 | #184 |
| 1992 | 1,814 | — | #9,325 | #178 |
| 1991 | 1,750 | — | #5,344 | #185 |
| 1990 | 1,755 | — | #7,747 | #178 |
| 1989 | 1,614 | — | #5,490 | #186 |
| 1988 | 1,610 | — | #5,258 | #178 |
| 1987 | 1,536 | — | #7,857 | #180 |
| 1986 | 1,389 | — | #9,326 | #186 |
| 1985 | 1,475 | — | #3,956 | #180 |
| 1984 | 1,390 | — | #4,680 | #183 |
| 1983 | 1,511 | — | #5,082 | #174 |
| 1982 | 1,485 | — | #5,464 | #177 |
| 1981 | 1,482 | — | #7,260 | #169 |
| 1980 | 1,508 | — | #3,817 | #165 |
| 1979 | 1,412 | — | #4,573 | #172 |
| 1978 | 1,386 | — | #9,447 | #172 |
| 1977 | 1,379 | — | #4,867 | #173 |
| 1976 | 1,371 | — | #5,503 | #171 |
| 1975 | 1,386 | — | #5,872 | #172 |
| 1974 | 1,393 | — | #5,267 | #172 |
| 1973 | 1,321 | — | #4,786 | #179 |
| 1972 | 1,337 | — | #3,853 | #184 |
| 1971 | 1,334 | — | #5,045 | #192 |
| 1970 | 1,339 | — | #4,433 | #198 |
| 1969 | 1,248 | — | #4,372 | #201 |
| 1968 | 1,145 | — | #6,116 | #204 |
| 1967 | 1,182 | — | #5,346 | #197 |
| 1966 | 1,201 | — | #6,419 | #200 |
| 1965 | 1,155 | — | #6,371 | #212 |
| 1964 | 1,357 | — | #4,926 | #208 |
| 1963 | 1,265 | — | #7,426 | #218 |
| 1962 | 1,390 | — | #4,484 | #207 |
| 1961 | 1,396 | — | #4,482 | #206 |
| 1960 | 1,368 | — | #4,121 | #208 |
| 1959 | 1,368 | — | #4,568 | #209 |
| 1958 | 1,377 | — | #6,836 | #202 |
| 1957 | 1,386 | — | #5,949 | #197 |
| 1956 | 1,386 | — | #3,152 | #199 |
| 1955 | 1,304 | — | #3,747 | #199 |
| 1954 | 1,275 | — | #2,871 | #198 |
| 1953 | 1,207 | — | #4,948 | #202 |
| 1952 | 1,101 | — | #5,447 | #201 |
| 1951 | 1,050 | — | #3,671 | #200 |
| 1950 | 1,041 | — | #2,758 | #200 |
| 1949 | 1,007 | — | #3,841 | #203 |
| 1948 | 913 | — | #5,889 | #209 |
| 1947 | 738 | — | — | #238 |
| 1946 | 653 | — | #4,871 | #241 |
| 1945 | 560 | — | — | #238 |
| 1944 | 513 | — | #4,483 | #263 |
| 1943 | 544 | — | — | #260 |
| 1942 | 514 | — | — | #262 |
| 1941 | 467 | — | #3,888 | #258 |
| 1940 | 448 | — | #4,919 | #267 |
| 1939 | 450 | — | — | #254 |
| 1938 | 455 | — | #2,897 | #260 |
| 1937 | 496 | — | #3,736 | #238 |
| 1936 | 488 | — | #3,655 | #238 |
| 1935 | 489 | — | — | #240 |
| 1934 | 443 | — | — | #256 |
| 1933 | 405 | — | #3,696 | #266 |
| 1932 | 475 | — | #4,336 | #247 |
| 1931 | 465 | — | — | #247 |
| 1930 | 520 | — | #5,140 | #244 |
| 1929 | 486 | — | — | #254 |
| 1928 | 498 | — | #4,131 | #253 |
| 1927 | 479 | — | — | #264 |
| 1926 | 440 | — | — | #270 |
| 1925 | 432 | — | #5,646 | #277 |
| 1924 | 398 | — | — | #289 |
| 1923 | 368 | — | — | #293 |
| 1922 | 361 | — | — | #300 |
| 1921 | 357 | — | — | #302 |
| 1920 | 336 | — | — | #314 |
| 1919 | 292 | — | — | #331 |
| 1918 | 286 | — | — | #339 |
| 1917 | 289 | — | — | #316 |
| 1916 | 237 | — | — | #351 |
| 1915 | 256 | — | — | #330 |
| 1914 | 199 | — | — | #324 |
| 1913 | 154 | — | — | #330 |
| 1912 | 134 | — | — | #324 |
| 1911 | 59 | — | — | #361 |
| 1910 | 83 | — | — | #269 |
| 1909 | 71 | — | — | #264 |
| 1908 | 60 | — | — | #280 |
| 1907 | 62 | — | — | #268 |
| 1906 | 52 | — | — | #277 |
| 1905 | 41 | — | — | #315 |
| 1904 | 38 | — | — | #326 |
| 1903 | 50 | — | — | #262 |
| 1902 | 45 | — | — | #284 |
| 1901 | 35 | — | — | #301 |
| 1900 | 50 | — | — | #296 |
| 1899 | 32 | — | — | #313 |
| 1898 | 45 | — | — | #267 |
| 1897 | 42 | — | — | #282 |
| 1896 | 49 | — | — | #259 |
| 1895 | 37 | — | — | #300 |
| 1894 | 33 | — | — | #307 |
| 1893 | 41 | — | — | #274 |
| 1892 | 44 | — | — | #273 |
| 1891 | 25 | — | — | #347 |
| 1890 | 25 | — | — | #356 |
| 1889 | 33 | — | — | #303 |
| 1888 | 21 | — | — | #412 |
| 1887 | 34 | — | — | #288 |
| 1886 | 40 | — | — | #271 |
| 1885 | 28 | — | — | #325 |
| 1884 | 28 | — | — | #335 |
| 1883 | 30 | — | — | #305 |
| 1882 | 34 | — | — | #297 |
| 1881 | 21 | — | — | #374 |
| 1880 | 30 | — | — | #311 |