Name profile

Ruben

Form of Reuben in several languages.

PronunciationDutch /ˈry.bən/; Swedish /ˈrʉː.bɛn/; French /ʁy.bɛn/; Italian /ˈru.ben/; Eastern Armenian /ru.ˈbɛn/; Western Armenian /ɾu.ˈpʰɛn/
Usage languagesArmenian, Biblical Latin, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
US rank (2025)#480

Meaning and history

Rúben is a form of Reuben used in several languages and was the name of an 11th-century Armenian ruler of Cilicia.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 1,597 births, rank #225
2007: 1,479 births, rank #243
2008: 1,356 births, rank #257
2009: 1,199 births, rank #282
2010: 1,102 births, rank #297
20112011: 977 births, rank #323
2012: 959 births, rank #329
2013: 889 births, rank #355
2014: 893 births, rank #359
2015: 864 births, rank #374
20162016: 801 births, rank #396
2017: 749 births, rank #418
2018: 753 births, rank #416
2019: 743 births, rank #415
2020: 637 births, rank #465
20212021: 653 births, rank #460
2022: 670 births, rank #458
2023: 629 births, rank #481
2024: 607 births, rank #504
20252025: 632 births, rank #480

Ruben rose from #505 to #480 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1992, with 1,805 births.