Rube

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Rube first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 67 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1917 with 25 babies (rank #1,429 that year). It was not in the 2024 data.
612
Total babies (all years)
67
Years in the data
25
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18806#890
18819#648
18825#1,066
188310#635
188412#566
18856#923
18868#747
188710#623
188811#641
18899#716
18905#1,131
18917#830
18929#786
18946#1,057
18956#1,063
189613#630
189710#718
189810#736
190012#778
19016#1,039
19025#1,286
190310#769
190511#781
19068#985
190710#921
19086#1,347
19099#1,072
19117#1,510
191213#1,408
191311#1,785
19149#2,423
191518#1,704
191616#1,930
191725#1,429
191815#2,145
191911#2,635
192019#1,873
192115#2,248
192213#2,461
19238#3,418
192413#2,451
192511#2,722
192614#2,281
19278#3,401
19288#3,313
19296#3,889
19309#2,976
19318#3,053
193211#2,440
19338#2,956
19348#2,923
19357#3,210
19379#2,644
19387#3,122
19406#3,407
19425#3,961
19438#2,932
19446#3,381
19455#3,702
19487#3,270
19496#3,636
19525#4,175
19556#3,816
19565#4,378
19576#3,920
19666#3,875
19735#5,739