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How popular is “Rueben” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rueben” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rueben” 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 “Rueben” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rueben” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rueben” 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
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 17 0.000026386 17 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 -100%
1914 41 0.000028948 41 -100%
1915 50 0.000027286 50 -100%
1916 41 0.000021195 41 -100%
1917 58 0.000028902 58 -100%
1918 59 0.000027175 59 -100%
1919 61 0.000028907 61 -100%
1920 51 0.00002254 51 -100%
1921 72 0.000030842 72 -100%
1922 69 0.000030142 69 -100%
1923 67 0.000029099 67 -100%
1924 62 0.000026033 62 -100%
1925 53 0.000022715 53 -100%
1926 62 0.000027005 62 -100%
1927 50 0.000021558 50 -100%
1928 50 0.000022115 50 -100%
1929 43 0.000019615 43 -100%
1930 48 0.00002159 48 -100%
1931 43 0.000020433 43 -100%
1932 25 0.000011841 25 -100%
1933 37 0.000018505 37 -100%
1934 22 0.000010593 22 -100%
1935 33 0.00001579 33 -100%
1936 35 0.000016847 35 -100%
1937 38 0.000017835 38 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 -100%
1940 23 0.000009988 23 -100%
1941 31 0.000012724 31 -100%
1942 35 0.000012812 35 -100%
1943 36 0.000012754 36 -100%
1944 23 0.00000855 23 -100%
1945 25 0.000009424 25 -100%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 -100%
1947 34 0.000009438 34 -100%
1948 31 0.000008979 31 -100%
1949 46 0.0000132 46 -100%
1950 40 0.000011418 40 -100%
1951 29 0.000007872 29 -100%
1952 34 0.000008952 34 -100%
1953 36 0.000009342 36 -100%
1954 40 0.000010048 40 -100%
1955 40 0.000009962 40 -100%
1956 38 0.000009217 38 -100%
1957 54 0.000012851 54 -100%
1958 50 0.000012095 50 -100%
1959 37 0.000008899 37 -100%
1960 49 0.000011796 49 -100%
1961 41 0.000009898 41 -100%
1962 55 0.000013629 55 -100%
1963 51 0.000012885 51 -100%
1964 35 0.000009003 35 -100%
1965 44 0.000012136 44 -100%
1966 44 0.000012659 44 -100%
1967 42 0.000012372 42 -100%
1968 33 0.000009768 33 -100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 -100%
1970 47 0.000013032 47 -100%
1971 40 0.000011654 40 -100%
1972 57 0.000018136 57 -100%
1973 50 0.000016573 50 -100%
1974 43 0.000014145 43 -100%
1975 58 0.000019209 58 -100%
1976 54 0.000017797 54 -100%
1977 54 0.000017 54 -100%
1978 52 0.000016384 52 -100%
1979 52 0.00001563 52 -100%
1980 66 0.000019161 66 -100%
1981 51 0.000014743 51 -100%
1982 57 0.000016249 57 -100%
1983 55 0.000015881 55 -100%
1984 49 0.000014045 49 -100%
1985 46 0.000012888 46 -100%
1986 63 0.000017711 63 -100%
1987 57 0.000015809 57 -100%
1988 68 0.000018403 68 -100%
1989 64 0.000016647 64 -100%
1990 72 0.000018216 72 -100%
1991 50 0.000012836 50 -100%
1992 62 0.00001614 62 -100%
1993 49 0.000012996 49 -100%
1994 46 0.000012373 46 -100%
1995 47 0.000012834 47 -100%
1996 49 0.000013435 49 -100%
1997 57 0.000015721 57 -100%
1998 39 0.000010603 39 -100%
1999 37 0.000010017 37 -100%
2000 44 0.000011641 44 -100%
2001 60 0.000016028 60 -100%
2002 33 0.000008828 33 -100%
2003 39 0.000010257 39 -100%
2004 47 0.000012301 47 -100%
2005 29 0.000007543 29 -100%
2006 23 0.000005814 23 -100%
2007 37 0.000009255 37 -100%
2008 40 0.000010176 40 -100%
2009 39 0.000010209 39 -100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 -100%
2011 22 0.000006015 22 -100%
2012 36 0.000009843 36 -100%
2013 29 0.000007955 29 -100%
2014 30 0.000008094 30 -100%
2015 26 0.000007025 26 -100%
2016 22 0.000005997 22 -100%
2017 29 0.000008109 29 -100%
2018 27 0.000007679 27 -100%
2019 34 0.000009796 34 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 -100%
2022 30 0.000008868 30 -100%
2023 24 0.000007248 24 -100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 -100%

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