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How popular is the name Reuben?
Births per year, rank history and how many Reubens are alive today.
Reuben (male) is currently the 33rd most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 1,442 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2021, when 1,534 babies were given the name, the 36th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 25,000 babies have been named Reuben in England and Wales since 1996.
The Reuben you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Reubens born in England and Wales are between 6 and 17, and there are at least 26,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 8.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Reuben.
How many babies are named Reuben each year?
Where does Reuben rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Reuben most popular?
Reuben peaked in 2021, when 1,534 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Reuben?
At least 26,000 people named Reuben born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Reuben?
Most living Reubens are between 6 and 17; the most common age is about 4.
Is Reuben becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.