Is this name soaring in popularity or is it me? How many do you know?

[Pinkflipflop]

Reuben?

Since my ds was born I've noticed lots of little Reubens!

Do you become more aware of the name if you have a dc with it?

Just interested!

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

I have heard of a couple but non in immediate friends / family/ nursery. I irrationally hate it as it's awful in a NE accent.

[Hassled]

I can think of 2 - one 11, one probably 9. It's a nice name - and a good balance between known but not wildly popular.

[scarlettsmummy2]

I know one! But he is 26. It's lovely

[FatherSpodoKomodo]

I know 2 Reubens. One of them is my own nearly 9 yo. And the other is the 2 yo brother of one of his classmates.

My friend has a friend with a Ruben, who must be about 11, but I've never met him. I only know as my friend always spells my Reuben as Ruben and it's all that other womans fault.

[Chottie]

I do not know of a single Reuben around here (south London)

[MummyPig24]

I know 2 Reuben's, 20 mths and 5yrs old. It's not the popular round here.

[notso]

I seem to have some sort of special "nose" for names, liking obscure names which shoot to popularity overnight.

Me too, we really thought we were being different with all our four, but they all end up being really popular.

[pygmy]

If you add the Rubens to the Reubens, plus other spellings, it would be a lot higher in the stats!

[BigBoobiedBertha]

I know a couple.

Not sure you do become more aware of names. I don't hear either of my two's names often and one of them was top 30 when he was born.

[katrinefonsmark]

Or how about baby Ray? You'll be on your own with that one.

[katrinefonsmark]

If you want to avoid a trend puck names you and your contemporaries have. Go for Lisa, Darren, Paul, Claire, Debbie, Dawn, Joanne and Nicola and you'll be fine.

[pickledginger]

898 of those 941 were born in England.

[pickledginger]

Reuben was 72nd on the last ONS list for boys names from 2011 (published in 2012). 941 babies were called Reuben. The list for 2012 comes out this summer and I'm sure it will have gone up.

[oohaveabanana]

I think it's definitely getting more popular - I know a few. Still a lovely name, though.

[CheerfulYank]

It's not because Reuben is a sandwich that it doesn't work in the US yet, it's because it's still a hillbilly name.

[DaveMccave]

It's very popular. I know 5 in real life, and about 10 online.

[JennyMackerz]

Reuben is a sandwich? I ahd heard that there was a sandwich named Reuben in America but do Americans consider it totally unusable because of that? That might be a good thing. Names that become very popular very quickly in America can sound a little insubstantial to the UK ear. NOT going to give any examples for fear of upsetting anybody. But two names that wouldn't work in the USA Jemima and Reuben, I think they are 'safe' from being the next tracey and wayne.

[ben5]

I have a Ruben in my cub pack but he's the only one I know

[photographerlady]

Reuben is a sandwich, and its tasty

[PearlyWhites]

My friends ds is Rueben he is 9 months

[Rhubarbgarden]

Jenny I think that's a good guess.

[kerala]

Actually if I were naming a boy I would go with Mark. Clear, simple, non faddy and will leave all the Jacobs and Noahs in the shade

[VerySmallSqueak]

I don't know any.

[lljkk]

Don't know a single one. Of any age!

[pygmy]

Reuben, Isaac, Joshua, Noah, Elijah and Jacob are all super popular in London. They are this era's Mark, Paul, Jason etc.