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How popular is “Reuben” in the USA?

Number of people named “Reuben” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Reuben” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Reuben” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Reuben” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Reuben” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Reuben” by birth year

This chart shows how “Reuben” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 92 0.000456612 92 -100%
1881 73 0.000378851 73 -100%
1882 73 0.000329522 73 -100%
1883 57 0.000262738 57 -100%
1884 82 0.00033681 82 -100%
1885 72 0.000298936 72 -100%
1886 81 0.000317254 81 -100%
1887 54 0.000218277 54 -100%
1888 84 0.000280492 84 -100%
1889 73 0.000252642 73 -100%
1890 75 0.000248838 75 -100%
1891 75 0.000261622 75 -100%
1892 89 0.000266169 89 -100%
1893 86 0.000264434 86 -100%
1894 87 0.000256872 87 -100%
1895 102 0.000290582 102 -100%
1896 90 0.00025176 90 -100%
1897 82 0.000236341 82 -100%
1898 78 0.00020448 78 -100%
1899 64 0.00018866 64 -100%
1900 86 0.000191002 86 -100%
1901 68 0.000196639 68 -100%
1902 82 0.000212033 82 -100%
1903 65 0.000170514 65 -100%
1904 71 0.000175967 71 -100%
1905 88 0.000207585 88 -100%
1906 79 0.000184385 79 -100%
1907 88 0.000189089 88 -100%
1908 102 0.000208739 102 -100%
1909 91 0.000178004 91 -100%
1910 93 0.000157437 93 -100%
1911 109 0.000169182 109 -100%
1912 220 0.000222658 220 -100%
1913 293 0.000257671 293 -100%
1914 372 0.000262648 372 -100%
1915 431 0.000235207 431 -100%
1916 441 0.000227976 441 -100%
1917 430 0.000214277 430 -100%
1918 458 0.000210952 5 453 -98%
1919 432 0.000204716 432 -100%
1920 465 0.000205512 465 -100%
1921 399 0.000170914 399 -100%
1922 439 0.000191774 439 -100%
1923 432 0.000187624 6 426 -97%
1924 440 0.000184749 5 435 -98%
1925 361 0.000154716 361 -100%
1926 373 0.000162463 6 367 -97%
1927 380 0.000163838 5 375 -97%
1928 303 0.000134015 303 -100%
1929 290 0.00013229 290 -100%
1930 283 0.000127289 283 -100%
1931 250 0.000118799 250 -100%
1932 248 0.000117464 248 -100%
1933 229 0.000114532 229 -100%
1934 225 0.000108339 225 -100%
1935 227 0.000108618 227 -100%
1936 209 0.000100598 209 -100%
1937 203 0.000095275 203 -100%
1938 217 0.000098076 217 -100%
1939 178 0.000080783 178 -100%
1940 190 0.000082512 190 -100%
1941 213 0.000087423 213 -100%
1942 222 0.000081265 222 -100%
1943 201 0.000071212 201 -100%
1944 204 0.000075834 204 -100%
1945 181 0.000068227 181 -100%
1946 228 0.000071355 228 -100%
1947 201 0.000055797 201 -100%
1948 213 0.000061694 213 -100%
1949 207 0.000059401 207 -100%
1950 206 0.000058801 206 -100%
1951 220 0.000059722 220 -100%
1952 246 0.000064771 246 -100%
1953 201 0.000052158 201 -100%
1954 180 0.000045218 180 -100%
1955 221 0.000055042 221 -100%
1956 220 0.000053359 220 -100%
1957 241 0.000057352 241 -100%
1958 216 0.000052251 216 -100%
1959 242 0.000058201 242 -100%
1960 251 0.000060426 251 -100%
1961 222 0.000053593 222 -100%
1962 214 0.000053031 214 -100%
1963 246 0.000062149 246 -100%
1964 236 0.000060706 236 -100%
1965 214 0.000059027 214 -100%
1966 174 0.000050063 174 -100%
1967 178 0.000052432 178 -100%
1968 181 0.000053575 181 -100%
1969 160 0.000046039 160 -100%
1970 254 0.000070428 6 248 -95%
1971 259 0.000075458 259 -100%
1972 231 0.000073497 231 -100%
1973 212 0.000070271 212 -100%
1974 245 0.000080592 245 -100%
1975 229 0.000075843 229 -100%
1976 269 0.000088653 269 -100%
1977 287 0.000090351 287 -100%
1978 295 0.000092946 295 -100%
1979 267 0.000080252 267 -100%
1980 294 0.000085353 294 -100%
1981 283 0.000081807 7 276 -95%
1982 267 0.000076113 267 -100%
1983 240 0.000069297 240 -100%
1984 255 0.000073092 255 -100%
1985 279 0.000078171 279 -100%
1986 295 0.000082933 295 -100%
1987 292 0.000080985 292 -100%
1988 279 0.000075507 5 274 -96%
1989 287 0.000074653 287 -100%
1990 304 0.000076914 304 -100%
1991 275 0.000070599 275 -100%
1992 249 0.000064822 249 -100%
1993 240 0.000063656 240 -100%
1994 247 0.00006644 247 -100%
1995 226 0.000061712 226 -100%
1996 225 0.000061691 225 -100%
1997 205 0.00005654 205 -100%
1998 231 0.000062802 231 -100%
1999 233 0.000063078 233 -100%
2000 214 0.000056615 214 -100%
2001 220 0.00005877 220 -100%
2002 235 0.000062863 235 -100%
2003 233 0.000061278 233 -100%
2004 225 0.000058886 225 -100%
2005 219 0.000056959 219 -100%
2006 236 0.000059653 236 -100%
2007 224 0.000056032 224 -100%
2008 223 0.000056733 223 -100%
2009 242 0.000063348 242 -100%
2010 201 0.000054387 201 -100%
2011 215 0.000058779 215 -100%
2012 215 0.000058785 215 -100%
2013 235 0.00006446 235 -100%
2014 267 0.000072038 267 -100%
2015 256 0.000069172 256 -100%
2016 250 0.000068144 250 -100%
2017 239 0.000066831 239 -100%
2018 229 0.000065133 229 -100%
2019 245 0.000070586 245 -100%
2020 246 0.00007364 246 -100%
2021 263 0.000077628 263 -100%
2022 284 0.000083946 284 -100%
2023 303 0.000091508 303 -100%
2024 275 0.00008262 275 -100%

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