Benjamen
#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,687since 1884
Benjamen over time
Rank among boys' names. Benjamen has never cracked the top 600 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 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #5,111 | 18 |
| 2016 | #3,990 | 26 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2011 | #2,626 | 46 |
| 2010 | #2,958 | 39 |
| 2009 | #2,663 | 46 |
| 2008 | #2,515 | 50 |
| 2007 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2006 | #2,398 | 51 |
| 2005 | #1,838 | 70 |
| 2004 | #2,208 | 52 |
| 2003 | #1,815 | 65 |
| 2002 | #1,943 | 57 |
| 2001 | #1,710 | 67 |
| 2000 | #1,725 | 65 |
| 1999 | #1,720 | 60 |
| 1998 | #1,515 | 72 |
| 1997 | #1,486 | 71 |
| 1996 | #1,334 | 81 |
| 1995 | #1,549 | 61 |
| 1994 | #1,399 | 70 |
| 1993 | #1,295 | 77 |
| 1992 | #1,429 | 64 |
| 1991 | #1,467 | 60 |
| 1990 | #1,065 | 99 |
| 1989 | #1,130 | 88 |
| 1988 | #1,130 | 78 |
| 1987 | #1,123 | 73 |
| 1986 | #1,102 | 72 |
| 1985 | #1,066 | 75 |
| 1984 | #968 | 84 |
| 1983 | #1,028 | 74 |
| 1982 | #1,013 | 80 |
| 1981 | #976 | 85 |
| 1980 | #1,103 | 67 |
| 1979 | #1,044 | 71 |
| 1978 | #920 | 88 |
| 1977 | #904 | 88 |
| 1976 | #897 | 85 |
| 1975 | #1,099 | 58 |
| 1974 | #1,065 | 60 |
| 1973 | #1,253 | 43 |
| 1972 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #1,668 | 21 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | — | |
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| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
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| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
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| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Benjamen! It came in at #663, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Benjamen is popular in 2003
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#1,011 · 1 in 11,337
- Ohio#1,020 · 1 in 13,425
- Illinois#1,227 · 1 in 15,845
- Texas#1,904 · 1 in 35,338
Best ever in a state: #268 in Iowa, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #1,011 | 5 | 1 in 11,337 |
| Ohio | #1,020 | 5 | 1 in 13,425 |
| Illinois | #1,227 | 5 | 1 in 15,845 |
| Texas | #1,904 | 5 | 1 in 35,338 |
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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 Benjamen
- 1,224 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #9,714)
- 1,647 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #9,714)
- 3,390 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1976 (#1,099 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1979 (#920 → #1,044)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #663 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1976–1978
- Highest: 1 in 12,716 boys born in 1884 were named Benjamen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.0% of all boys named Benjamen (776) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | #663 (1884) | #897 |
| 1890s | 6 | #954 (1894) | #954 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,200 |
| 1910s | 87 | #1,782 (1915) | #2,165 |
| 1920s | 131 | #1,692 (1927) | #2,417 |
| 1930s | 92 | #1,872 (1936) | #2,462 |
| 1940s | 105 | #1,802 (1940) | #2,252 |
| 1950s | 161 | #1,615 (1952) | #2,034 |
| 1960s | 154 | #1,614 (1968) | #2,136 |
| 1970s | 567 | #897 (1976) | #1,252 |
| 1980s | 776 | #968 (1984) | #1,064 |
| 1990s | 715 | #1,065 (1990) | #1,426 |
| 2000s | 565 | #1,710 (2001) | #2,163 |
| 2010s | 246 | #2,626 (2011) | #4,545 |
| 2020s | 52 | #6,335 (2021) | #9,047 |
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.
Benjamen in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 30,390 of them was named Benjamen, which outranked 85.8% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,800Pierson66
- #1,800Skye66
- #1,800Stefano66
- #1,815Benjamen65
- #1,815Adair65
- #1,815Beckett65
- #1,815Brighton65
- #1,845Asael64
- #1,845Baron64
- #1,845Braedyn64
Tied with 29 names at #1,815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.