Rubina
Feminine · “little ruby”
The ruby is named for its color and nothing else. Latin called it rubinus, from ruber, red — the plainest possible naming for the most valuable of the red stones — and every European language took the word. Rubina is the Italian diminutive of it, and it is also, entirely separately, a name in Urdu and Persian, which is a coincidence worth knowing about.
How old is the name Rubina?
Rubina first appears in US birth records in 1910 — 115 years ago. The typical Rubina alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 600 people named Rubina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rubina most popular?
Rubina peaked in 1910, reaching #2398 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 10,810 places below that high. See the whole 1910 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ruber to Rubina
The story of Rubina
Gem names became women's names across Europe in the nineteenth century — Ruby, Pearl, Beryl, Opal — and Italy produced Rubina by its usual method of adding a diminutive to a noun. Separately, Rubina has been in use across Pakistan and northern India for generations. American records carry the name from 1910 and it has stayed rare throughout, with both populations present. It is one of a small set of names where a European and a South Asian tradition arrive at the same letters independently.
Meaningscholars disagree
little ruby
The Italian and Spanish reading takes the name from rubino, a ruby, with a diminutive ending — so little ruby. The South Asian reading is separate: Rubina is used in Pakistan and India, where it is generally connected to an Arabic or Persian word, though the derivation offered varies and none is well established. Two traditions, one spelling.
How the name formed
- ruber
- rubinus
- Rubina
Related forms: Rubina · Rubina · Rubina · Rubina
Pronouncing Rubina
roo-BEE-nah
Three syllables, stress in the middle, with the second vowel long. Italian, Spanish and Urdu all say it much the same way, which is unusual for a name that reached three languages separately.
Nicknames for Rubina
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
- 1910
- Most girls named
- 198317 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2398reached in 1910
- Change vs 2024
- −33.3%6 in 2025, from 9
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.
Rubina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rubina in Italian — same name
- Rubina in Urdu — same name
- Rubina in Spanish — same name
- Rubina in Portuguese — same name
Rubinas among us
people named Rubina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Rubina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Rubina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Rubina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Rubina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a single stone and needs no explanation in any language.
- Ruby is available as a short form and is currently among the most-used names in the country.
- Three open syllables that survive any accent intact.
- It is a real name in Europe and in South Asia alike, which very few names manage.
- Two traditions meet at the spelling, so the meaning cannot be stated flatly.
- Rubena, Rubinia and Robina all appear in older records and will be confused with it.
- It is genuinely rare in America, which means explaining it more often than most.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rubinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Rubina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rubina in 2025?
- Rubina ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Rubina?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Rubina — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Rubina with classmates?
- Rubina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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