Rueben

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Meaning

Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew ืจึฐืื•ึผื‘ึตืŸ, meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob.

From Wikipedia

Rueben first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 83 babies (rank #482 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rueben

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rueben yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

711
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
83
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19968#1,561
19977#1,717
19988#1,610
19997#1,809
20005#2,423
20018#1,723
200214#1,172
200321#938
200421#996
200525#914
200636#729
200738#740
200849#637
200952#624
201054#613
201143#740
201252#661
201366#552
201483#482
201568#561
201646#741