Benard
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1906 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,644since 1890
Benard over time
Rank among boys' names. Benard has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 23 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1965 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | #1,812 | 20 |
| 1959 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,715 | 22 |
| 1956 | #1,232 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,667 | 20 |
| 1948 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,356 | 24 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,333 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #1,248 | 34 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,360 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,358 | 29 |
| 1922 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1921 | #1,648 | 22 |
| 1920 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,362 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Benard! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Benard is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#400 · 1 in 3,854
- Texas#792 · 1 in 8,725
Best ever in a state: #246 in Mississippi, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #400 | 5 | 1 in 3,854 |
| Texas | #792 | 6 | 1 in 8,725 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Benard
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest drop: 348 spots in 1907 (#852 → #1,200)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1906 at #852 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1890–1906
- Highest: 1 in 14,795 boys born in 1906 were named Benard (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 15.9% of all boys named Benard (261) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #994 (1890) | #1,026 |
| 1900s | 15 | #852 (1906) | #1,026 |
| 1910s | 148 | #1,335 (1916) | #1,664 |
| 1920s | 252 | #1,248 (1927) | #1,532 |
| 1930s | 219 | #1,299 (1930) | #1,502 |
| 1940s | 198 | #1,280 (1943) | #1,626 |
| 1950s | 261 | #1,231 (1953) | #1,543 |
| 1960s | 210 | #1,483 (1965) | #1,772 |
| 1970s | 110 | #1,784 (1971) | #3,633 |
| 1980s | 76 | #3,412 (1981) | #4,462 |
| 1990s | 87 | #4,673 (1990) | #6,375 |
| 2000s | 41 | #6,715 (2003) | #9,268 |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,775 (2017) | #11,525 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,863 (2022) | #10,863 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Benard in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
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1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 34,005 of them was named Benard, which outranked 74.2% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,259Rolla33
- #1,259Roswell33
- #1,259Selmer33
- #1,282Benard32
- #1,282Algie32
- #1,282Beauford32
- #1,282Camille32
- #1,308Adrien31
- #1,308Alcide31
- #1,308Antoine31
Tied with 25 names at #1,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.