Reuel comes from the Biblical / Hebrew tradition, meaning God's Friend.
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How popular is Reuel?
2023peak year
Today, Reuel is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #5878), with only about 18 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2023, 29 babies were given the name (ranked #3858 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Reuel has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 922 babies have been registered as Reuel since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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