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See, a son, in the documented Hebrew name history
The Hebrew personal name is traditionally explained through words for see and son. Reuven and Reuben represent that same Hebrew name in the reviewed entries. This describes the name’s history, not a child’s character.
Hebrew; documented as a transliteration of רְאוּבֵן
The exact English entry explicitly identifies Reuven as a male given name from Hebrew and a transliteration of the Hebrew personal name. This records a linguistic history, not the ancestry or religion of every bearer.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2024 | Boys | 5 | 3072 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 1991 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 3160 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 3 | 5137 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 58 | 2363 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact English personal-name section documents use of this spelling as a given name. Language of use is separate from Hebrew linguistic ancestry; no English pronunciation is inferred from transliteration. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact personal-name entries and the cited revisions. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reuven&oldid=85365999. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit naming relationships and lexical explanations, retaining separate spellings and excluding surname statistics; no images or audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The Hebrew personal name is traditionally explained through words for see and son. Reuven and Reuben represent that same Hebrew name in the reviewed entries. This describes the name’s history, not a child’s character. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact English entry explicitly identifies Reuven as a male given name from Hebrew and a transliteration of the Hebrew personal name. This records a linguistic history, not the ancestry or religion of every bearer. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact Reuven entry identifies the biblical Reuben relationship and links the given-name translation to Reuben. This records a personal-name connection without transferring Reuben’s English pronunciation or assuming its nicknames. Popularity counts remain separate. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Hebrew personal-name entry explicitly gives Reuben and Reuven as forms of the same Hebrew name; the exact English Reuven entry supplies the transliteration link. This does not transfer Reuben’s English pronunciation or its Rube nickname to every Reuven. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact personal-name or explicitly linked root entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reuven&oldid=85365999; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9F&oldid=92227019; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reuben&oldid=93542536. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented relationship, root or language-specific reading and retained its qualifiers. No audio, images, literary quotations or biographical passage reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
