Benard

Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863

Peak · boys
1906 · 9 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,644
since 1890

Benard over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Benard has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #852, 1906boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
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2025—
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2023—
2022#10,8636
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017#10,7756
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012#12,2745
2011—
2010—
2009#9,8647
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005#10,1516
2004#8,9277
2003#6,71510
2002#9,3926
2001#10,5565
2000—
1999#8,7046
1998#5,46611
1997#9,2655
1996#6,4968
1995#5,50110
1994#7,7706
1993#4,69712
1992#5,23610
1991#5,9428
1990#4,67311
1989#4,01713
1988#4,16211
1987#3,95911
1986#5,3327
1985#4,6988
1984—
1983—
1982#4,5938
1981#3,41212
1980#5,5256
1979#4,4038
1978#5,7725
1977#3,8369
1976#4,9356
1975#3,9418
1974#3,31810
1973#3,22310
1972#2,99111
1971#1,78425
1970#2,12518
1969#1,72823
1968#2,31113
1967#1,57324
1966#1,68421
1965#1,48327
1964#1,72921
1963#1,95717
1962#1,66923
1961#1,77821
1960#1,81220
1959#1,62024
1958#1,67722
1957#1,71522
1956#1,23238
1955#1,57224
1954#1,43528
1953#1,23137
1952#1,66521
1951#1,97215
1950#1,31330
1949#1,66720
1948#1,61121
1947#1,55523
1946#1,88415
1945#1,40622
1944#1,81015
1943#1,28029
1942#1,79916
1941#1,44622
1940#1,80215
1939#1,57818
1938#1,36424
1937#1,99213
1936#1,35624
1935#1,49421
1934#1,55120
1933#1,54020
1932#1,50922
1931#1,33327
1930#1,29930
1929#1,73119
1928#1,90217
1927#1,24834
1926#1,78719
1925#1,36029
1924#1,41428
1923#1,35829
1922#1,28232
1921#1,64822
1920#1,59223
1919#1,62421
1918#1,64821
1917#1,36226
1916#1,33526
1915#1,45422
1914#1,97511
1913#1,9459
1912#2,0457
1911—
1910#1,5895
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1907#1,2006
1906#8529
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1897#1,0575
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1890#9945
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First appearance
1890

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 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedLAMississippi: #361 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,433 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Benard, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#361 · 1 in 3,433

Best ever in a state: #246 in Mississippi, 1934.

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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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest drop: 348 spots in 1907 (#852 → #1,200)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1906 at #852 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1890–1906
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,795
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.9% of all boys named Benard (261) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s10#994 (1890)#1,026
1900s15#852 (1906)#1,026
1910s148#1,335 (1916)#1,664
1920s252#1,248 (1927)#1,532
1930s219#1,299 (1930)#1,502
1940s198#1,280 (1943)#1,626
1950s261#1,231 (1953)#1,543
1960s210#1,483 (1965)#1,772
1970s110#1,784 (1971)#3,633
1980s76#3,412 (1981)#4,462
1990s87#4,673 (1990)#6,375
2000s41#6,715 (2003)#9,268
2010s11#10,775 (2017)#11,525
2020s6#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 1967

boys
#1,573
24 births · 1 in 72,659 boys

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #1,573Benard24
More about 1967

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 72,659 of them was named Benard, which outranked 65.4% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benard
  1. #1,540Trini25
  2. #1,540Tyronne25
  3. #1,540Zoltan25
  4. #1,573Benard24
  5. #1,573Abe24
  6. #1,573Alvie24
  7. #1,573Amir24
  8. #1,609Antwan23
  9. #1,609Arlin23
  10. #1,609Branden23

Tied with 35 names at #1,573; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,048Alfie#1,963 → #915
  2. ↑ 548Waylon#1,540 → #992
  3. ↑ 519Ariel#1,450 → #931
  4. ↑ 430Brendon#1,345 → #915
  5. ↑ 416Terrill#1,259 → #843
Fallers
  1. ↓ 443German#968 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 396Darry#916 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 346Regan#835 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 337Caleb#916 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 317Winfred#785 → #1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1967 →