Reubin
Masculine · “Behold”
Reubin is a spelling of Reuben, the name of Jacob's firstborn son, and it has a place in American history through a destroyer that was sunk before the United States had even entered the Second World War. Two syllables, soft and steady, from the first pages of the Bible.
How old is the name Reubin?
Reubin first appears in US birth records in 1884 — 141 years ago. The typical Reubin alive today was born around 1928, making them about 97 years old. About 200 people named Reubin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Reubin most popular?
Reubin peaked in 1892, reaching #792 nationally. See the whole 1892 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Re'uven to Reubin
The story of Reubin
In Genesis, Reuben is the eldest of Jacob's twelve sons, but in his final blessing Jacob tells him he is 'unstable as water' and will not have the firstborn's pre-eminence; his tribe settled east of the Jordan. The name stayed in use among Jews and Protestants, and in America it was given to sailors and farmers alike. On 31 October 1941 a German submarine sank the destroyer USS Reuben James, named for a sailor of the Barbary Wars, while it was escorting a convoy; about a hundred of its crew died, weeks before Pearl Harbor, and Woody Guthrie wrote a song asking the names of the men who went down. Reubin is one of the spellings American families have used.
Meaning
Behold, a son
Reuben is Hebrew Re'uven, read as 're'u ben', 'see, a son'.
How the name formed
- Re'uven
- Rubén
- Reuben
- Reubin
Related forms: Re'uven · Rubén · Reuben · Ruben
Pronouncing Reubin
ROO-bin
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Reubin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1884
- Most boys named
- 191925 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #792reached in 1892
- Change vs 1993
- 0.0%6 in 2002, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Reubin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Re'uven in Hebrew — related form
- Rubén in Spanish — same name
- Reuben in English — spelling variant
- Ruben in Italian — same name
Reubins among us
people named Reubin are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Reubin sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Reuben, a name with a long biblical and American history.
- A settled, easily explained meaning.
- Comes with Ben as a ready short form.
- Reuben is the spelling people expect, so it will need spelling out.
- The traditional short form, Rube, is also slang for a country bumpkin.
- The sandwich is the first association for many people.
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Frequently asked
- How many Reubins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Reubin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Reubin in 2025?
- Reubin is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Reubin with classmates?
- Reubin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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