Spellings
Ruben or Reuben?
In the US in 2025, 68% of babies in this name family were spelled Ruben and 29% Reuben. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Ruben already led in 2015, with 75% of the family's births; it has 68% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,148 to 929 births (−19%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruben | 864 | 632 | −27% |
| Reuben | 258 | 269 | steady |
| Rueben | 26 | 28 | +8% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈrubən/ (ROO-bun). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Ruben 185 births (#285 among boys). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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