Rubin
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A male given name from Hebrew, of rather rare usage, variant of Reuben
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹʉːbʲɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rubin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 43rd most common given name.
- ARArgentina≈1 in 215as Ruben(inferred from the name graph)
- PYParaguay≈1 in 293as Ruben
- AMArmenia≈1 in 373as Ռուբեն
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rubin itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (inferred from the name graph)
- #259 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 509 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 215 (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 named Ruben, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Argentina, est., as Ruben
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ruben in AR Argentina, US United States, ES Spain and 3 more and Ռուբեն in AM Armenia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A male given name from Hebrew, of rather rare usage, variant of Reuben.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rubin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #43 | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 215 | 1.5K | Ruben | 166 |
| PH Philippines | #101 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 793 | listed | Ruben | 119 |
| ES Spain | #47 | 131,134as Ruben | 1 in 381 | 131K | Ruben | 239 |
| US United States | #379 | 126,201as Ruben | 1 in 2.6K | 126K | Ruben | 509 |
| PE Peru | #85 | ≈61,000 est. | ≈1 in 525 | — | Ruben | 117 |
| PY Paraguay | #23 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 293 | — | Ruben | 72 |
| AM Armenia | #67 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 373 | 98 | Ռուբեն | 91 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia — Most Frequent Newborn Given Names by Sex, Armenian script, 2008-2020 + 2023. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rubin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, redução dialetal setentrional de Rubino
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In German, Jewish name 'ruby'; also from RUB
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In English, Hebrew; 'red'
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In German, from 'ruby'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, im 2 0 .Jh. aus dem EngHschen entlehnter männl. Vom., engHsche Neben form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Vera Rubinb. 1928USAmerican astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
- Robert Rubinb. 1938USAmerican banking executive, 70th US Treasury Secretary
- Jerry Rubinb. 1938USAmerican activist (1938–1994)
- Bruce Joel Rubinb. 1943USAmerican screenwriter
- Alan Rubinb. 1943USJazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member (1943–2011)
- Gayle Rubinb. 1949USAmerican cultural anthropologist, activist, and feminist
- Jennifer Rubinb. 1962USAmerican actress (born 1962)
- Rick Rubinb. 1963USAmerican music producer (born 1963)
- Daphne Rubin-Vegab. 1969PAPanamanian actress
- Jason Rubinb. 1970USAmerican video game director, comic book creator and Internet company founder
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 92 sources across 40 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 23K | #1,553 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 23K | #1,425 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 22K | #1,574 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.2K | #4,374 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 1.5K | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1K | #4,273 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1K | #4,271 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 94 | #4,374 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 28 | #20,783 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 28 | #44,552 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1968 | 5 | — |
Reference works 11
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rubin mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name from Hebrew, of rather rare usage, variant of Reuben. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Rubin?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹʉːbʲɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Rubin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 211 thousand people named Ruben in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Rubin?
- In Spain, the national register counted 131,134 people named Ruben, about 1 in 381 residents.
- How common is Rubin compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Rubin is the 43rd most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Rubin?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rubinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rubin” — the 43rd most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.