Rube Popularity by Year
Follow Rube across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Rube birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 1,564 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 6 | #3,537 | Up 15 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 6 | #3,552 | Up 390 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 5 | #3,942 | Down 437 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 6 | #3,505 | Up 229 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 5 | #3,734 | Down 436 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 6 | #3,298 | Down 288 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 7 | #3,010 | Up 328 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 5 | #3,338 | Down 229 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 6 | #3,109 | Down 377 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 8 | #2,732 | Up 828 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 5 | #3,560 | Down 430 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 6 | #3,130 | Down 262 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 7 | #2,868 | Down 389 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 9 | #2,479 | Up 472 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 7 | #2,951 | Down 209 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 8 | #2,742 | Down 4 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 8 | #2,738 | Down 425 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 11 | #2,313 | Up 551 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 8 | #2,864 | Down 83 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 9 | #2,781 | Up 778 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 483 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 8 | #3,076 | Up 75 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 8 | #3,151 | Down 965 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 14 | #2,186 | Up 402 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 11 | #2,588 | Down 241 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 13 | #2,347 | Up 828 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 8 | #3,175 | Down 828 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 13 | #2,347 | Down 195 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 15 | #2,152 | Down 332 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 19 | #1,820 | Up 691 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 11 | #2,511 | Down 438 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 15 | #2,073 | Down 677 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 25 | #1,396 | Up 453 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 16 | #1,849 | Down 189 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 18 | #1,660 | Up 611 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 9 | #2,271 | Down 595 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 11 | #1,676 | Down 323 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 13 | #1,353 | Up 34 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 7 | #1,387 | Down 367 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 9 | #1,020 | Up 197 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 6 | #1,217 | Down 351 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 10 | #866 | Up 61 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 8 | #927 | Down 186 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 11 | #741 | Down 7 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 10 | #734 | Up 403 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 5 | #1,137 | Down 194 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 6 | #943 | Down 200 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 12 | #743 | Down 42 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 10 | #701 | Down 20 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 10 | #681 | Down 89 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 13 | #592 | Up 386 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 6 | #978 | Down 24 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 6 | #954 | Down 206 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 9 | #748 | Up 18 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 7 | #766 | Up 228 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 5 | #994 | Down 321 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 9 | #673 | Down 64 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 11 | #609 | Down 26 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 10 | #583 | Up 111 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 8 | #694 | Up 142 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 6 | #836 | Down 289 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 12 | #547 | Up 50 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 10 | #597 | Up 346 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 5 | #943 | Down 348 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 9 | #595 | Up 214 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 6 | #809 | — |