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Rueben

The name Rueben carries the meaning "behold, a son". It has faded some since the 1920s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is one of the rarer names on record. 1921 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

EtymologyVariant of Reuben
EtymologyMeaning "behold, a son"
Births by decade
1900s
41
1910s
376
1920s
579
1930s
314
1940s
310
1950s
400
1960s
423
1970s
508
1980s
576
1990s
506
2000s
385
2010s
211
Peaked in the 1920s · 4,629 total U.S. births since 1900