Rubenia

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Rubenia has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 1921. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Rubenia, 1952

1 in 759,000

Rubenia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rubenia: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rubenia means

Rubenia is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Rubenia is used in Spanish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Rubenia is pronounced /ruˈbenja/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16 girls were recorded with the name Rubenia between 1921 and 1952. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1921; its best national rank was #4,855 in 1934.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Rubenia?

Rubenia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1952, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1952: 1 in 759,000; 5 of 3,796,842 births
Among girls only: 1 in 371,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1952: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 526,355 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rubenia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1952 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 526,355 children born in 1952 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rubenia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rubenias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rubenia was born before 1934 — so the typical Rubenia is around 91 today.

Median birth year: 1934; About 91 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 37.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 62.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 37.5% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Rubenia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (6)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,855; 1934

Spellings of Rubenia

Rubenia is not the most common spelling — Eugenia is, with 75.1% against Rubenia's 0.04%.

Eugenia75.1%29,929
Luvenia9.9%3,932
Regenia6.6%2,626
Lugenia2.0%777
Renia1.7%663
Ruben1.6%655
Rubina1.6%638
Robena1.5%590

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Rubenia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,855; 1934
Peak year: 1921; 6 that year
First recorded: 1921
Last recorded: 1952
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rubenia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Rubaani Rubyjean Rubylou Rubylynn Rubelle Jannia Rubianna Rubymae Rubisela Rubiana Zynnia Rubith Rubyrae Lagenia Katinia Davonia Deannia Latunia Catinia Lakenia Viginia Ledonia Terenia Malenia

Sibling names for Rubenia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Elvera Tressie Lavinia Myrtis Margarette Adell Idella Dortha

For a brother

Hardy Antone Harmon Arlie Burl Dewitt Patsy Milford

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