Boy
Rubin
As a boy's name, Rubin is understood to mean "behold, a son". It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is seldom chosen in the registry. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
EtymologyVariant of Reuben
EtymologyMeaning "behold, a son"
Births by decade
1900s
234
1910s
1,011
1920s
1,121
1930s
654
1940s
610
1950s
722
1960s
599
1970s
559
1980s
418
1990s
351
2000s
280
2010s
179
Peaked in the 1920s · 6,738 total U.S. births since 1900