Rubin is an uncommon variant of Ruben that peaked in 1923 and has since faded.
Rubin is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,571 for boy births in the United States (and #11,746 across all names), given to 17 babies. Rubin first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1923 (147 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,571 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,751 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,819 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,179 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,466 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,414 |
| 2019 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,303 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,071 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,733 |
| 2016 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,280 |
| 2015 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,574 |
| 2014 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,677 |
| 2013 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,763 |
| 2012 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,443 |
| 2011 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,331 |
| 2010 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,080 |
| 2009 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,742 |
| 2008 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,632 |
| 2007 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,170 |
| 2006 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,072 |
| 2005 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,597 |
| 2004 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,002 |
| 2003 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,256 |
| 2002 | 33 | 33 | — | #2,872 |
| 2001 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,305 |
| 2000 | 33 | 33 | — | #2,794 |
| 1999 | 31 | 31 | — | #2,780 |
| 1998 | 30 | 30 | — | #2,770 |
| 1997 | 37 | — | — | #2,298 |
| 1996 | 34 | — | — | #2,372 |
| 1995 | 28 | — | — | #2,672 |
| 1994 | 35 | — | — | #2,296 |
| 1993 | 31 | — | — | #2,444 |
| 1992 | 41 | — | — | #1,976 |
| 1991 | 46 | — | — | #1,764 |
| 1990 | 38 | — | — | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 45 | — | — | #1,729 |
| 1988 | 50 | — | — | #1,511 |
| 1987 | 44 | — | — | #1,606 |
| 1986 | 47 | — | — | #1,469 |
| 1985 | 36 | — | — | #1,720 |
| 1984 | 43 | — | — | #1,477 |
| 1983 | 41 | — | — | #1,511 |
| 1982 | 39 | — | — | #1,586 |
| 1981 | 44 | — | — | #1,450 |
| 1980 | 29 | — | — | #1,954 |
| 1979 | 55 | — | — | #1,252 |
| 1978 | 52 | — | — | #1,254 |
| 1977 | 55 | — | — | #1,197 |
| 1976 | 60 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1975 | 43 | — | — | #1,341 |
| 1974 | 54 | — | — | #1,122 |
| 1973 | 62 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1972 | 56 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1971 | 60 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1970 | 61 | — | — | #1,049 |
| 1969 | 52 | — | — | #1,081 |
| 1968 | 52 | — | #7,935 | #1,098 |
| 1967 | 55 | — | — | #984 |
| 1966 | 53 | — | — | #1,005 |
| 1965 | 44 | — | — | #1,139 |
| 1964 | 64 | — | #7,593 | #988 |
| 1963 | 71 | — | — | #889 |
| 1962 | 75 | — | — | #887 |
| 1961 | 75 | — | — | #889 |
| 1960 | 58 | — | — | #1,016 |
| 1959 | 61 | — | #6,098 | #1,046 |
| 1958 | 66 | — | — | #943 |
| 1957 | 63 | — | — | #963 |
| 1956 | 82 | — | — | #830 |
| 1955 | 87 | — | — | #785 |
| 1954 | 78 | — | — | #825 |
| 1953 | 62 | — | — | #918 |
| 1952 | 67 | — | — | #858 |
| 1951 | 84 | — | — | #765 |
| 1950 | 72 | — | — | #805 |
| 1949 | 77 | — | — | #788 |
| 1948 | 84 | — | — | #735 |
| 1947 | 72 | — | — | #819 |
| 1946 | 57 | — | — | #876 |
| 1945 | 50 | — | — | #911 |
| 1944 | 58 | — | — | #829 |
| 1943 | 58 | — | — | #882 |
| 1942 | 49 | — | — | #955 |
| 1941 | 55 | — | — | #856 |
| 1940 | 51 | — | — | #887 |
| 1939 | 55 | — | — | #827 |
| 1938 | 59 | — | — | #813 |
| 1937 | 52 | — | — | #853 |
| 1936 | 56 | — | — | #824 |
| 1935 | 62 | — | — | #789 |
| 1934 | 56 | — | — | #840 |
| 1933 | 71 | — | — | #727 |
| 1932 | 81 | — | — | #683 |
| 1931 | 70 | — | — | #741 |
| 1930 | 92 | — | — | #641 |
| 1929 | 79 | — | — | #700 |
| 1928 | 100 | — | — | #612 |
| 1927 | 99 | — | — | #636 |
| 1926 | 112 | — | — | #596 |
| 1925 | 108 | — | — | #608 |
| 1924 | 128 | — | — | #559 |
| 1923 | 147 | — | — | #505 |
| 1922 | 125 | — | — | #570 |
| 1921 | 107 | — | — | #614 |
| 1920 | 116 | — | — | #579 |
| 1919 | 122 | — | — | #542 |
| 1918 | 130 | — | — | #533 |
| 1917 | 119 | — | — | #534 |
| 1916 | 134 | — | — | #492 |
| 1915 | 141 | — | — | #465 |
| 1914 | 110 | — | — | #461 |
| 1913 | 93 | — | — | #447 |
| 1912 | 73 | — | — | #463 |
| 1911 | 49 | — | — | #412 |
| 1910 | 40 | — | — | #438 |
| 1909 | 30 | — | — | #469 |
| 1908 | 23 | — | — | #537 |
| 1907 | 35 | — | — | #384 |
| 1906 | 30 | — | — | #398 |
| 1905 | 26 | — | — | #428 |
| 1904 | 15 | — | — | #608 |
| 1903 | 16 | — | — | #573 |
| 1902 | 22 | — | — | #455 |
| 1901 | 14 | — | — | #553 |
| 1900 | 23 | — | — | #486 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | — | #770 |
| 1898 | 17 | — | — | #518 |
| 1897 | 14 | — | — | #578 |
| 1896 | 13 | — | — | #631 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | — | #965 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | — | #720 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | — | #820 |
| 1892 | 11 | — | — | #678 |
| 1891 | 13 | — | — | #521 |
| 1890 | 13 | — | — | #559 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | — | #776 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | — | #692 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | — | #736 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | — | #748 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #689 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | — | #698 |
| 1882 | 12 | — | — | #572 |
| 1880 | 14 | — | — | #501 |