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How popular is the name Reuel?

Births per year, rank history and how many Reuels are alive today.

Reuel (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1406th in 2025 and given to 19 babies. The name peaked in 2024, when 23 babies were given the name, the 1199th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Reuel you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Reuels born in England and Wales are between 4 and 20, and there are at least 250 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Reuel - on average, only one in every 1,212 such rooms contains a Reuel.

How many babies are named Reuel each year?

01020200020201997: 31998: 41999: 32000: 82001: 42002: 32003: 42004: 112005: 52006: 102007: 82008: 62009: 42010: 122011: 92012: 92013: 42014: 72015: 62016: 112017: 42018: 92019: 92020: 72021: 92022: 92023: 182024: 232025: 19actual

Where does Reuel rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 2,4191999: ranked 2,9432000: ranked 1,5522001: ranked 2,5872002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 2,8572004: ranked 1,4982005: ranked 2,7542006: ranked 1,7442007: ranked 2,2112008: ranked 2,7752009: ranked 3,7442010: ranked 1,8012011: ranked 2,1942012: ranked 2,2702013: ranked 3,8222014: ranked 2,6902015: ranked 3,0042016: ranked 2,0272017: ranked 3,9962018: ranked 2,2592019: ranked 2,2662020: ranked 2,6822021: ranked 2,3012022: ranked 2,3212023: ranked 1,4072024: ranked 1,1992025: ranked 1,406

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.

Chart: babies named Reuel per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 23 in 2024
Reuel: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Reuel most popular?

Reuel peaked in 2024, when 23 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Reuel?

At least 250 people named Reuel born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Reuel?

Most living Reuels are between 4 and 20; the most common age is about 2.

Is Reuel becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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