Reuven

Meaning: Behold, a son
Origin: Hebrew — Original form of Reuben

Boy's name · #2383 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Reuven is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1959, it stood at #2383 in 2025; about 1,100 boys have been named Reuven along the way.

Across the states

In recent years, Reuven ran 7–12× its national rate in New Jersey and New York.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Reuven ranks in other countries and regions.

#5,137 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,072 in Canada (2024) · #21,410 in Italy (2023) · #8,419 in Ecuador (2016) · #3,068 in Austria (2015) · #3,014 in France (1991).

Famous Reuvens

Reuven Rivlin — President of Israel from 2014 to 2021 (born 1939)
Reuven Shiloah — Director of Mossad from 1949 to 1953 (1909–1959)
Reuven Feuerstein — Israeli clinical, developmental and cognitive psychologist (1921–2014)
Reuven Rubin — Israeli painter (1893–1974)
Reuven Azar — Israeli diplomat (born 1967)

In stories & tradition

Reuven Wolf^Wikidata — Jaffa (film)

What Reuvens become

Among 118 notable people named Reuven:

Business leaders appear 2.41× more often than among typical names — e.g. Reuven Segal, Israeli merchant, freemason, founder of the Order of Freemasonry in Israel and one of the founders of Tel Aviv.

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