How Many People Are Named Reuel?
An estimated 578 people in the United States have the first name Reuel. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 33 years old, and Reuel peaked in popularity in 2023 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Reuel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Reuel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
578
About 1 in 593,001 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
33
years old
Peak Year
2023
29 births
Total Registered
922
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Reuel
Reuel is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 922 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Reuel as a male name
Ranked #4,037 in 2024
27 male births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (29 births)
Reuel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Reuel span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 121 babies were registered. Reuel remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Reuel by Decade
How has Reuel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Reuel by State
Reuel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Reuel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Reuel
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Reuel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Reuel?
We estimate approximately 578 people named Reuel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 593,001 Americans share this first name.
Is Reuel a common name?
Reuel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 922 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Reuel most popular?
Reuel reached peak popularity in 2023, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Reuel is approximately 33 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Reuel a male name?
Reuel is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Reuel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Reuel Smith, Reuel Johnson, Reuel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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