Benjamine
Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,807since 1880
Benjamine over time
Rank among boys' names. Benjamine has never cracked the top 400 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 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #3,224 | 19 |
| 1990 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #1,866 | 31 |
| 1984 | #1,979 | 27 |
| 1983 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #1,670 | 34 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #1,934 | 23 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,188 | 35 |
| 1918 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,238 | 30 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #525 | 13 |
| 1888 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | #540 | 12 |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | #460 | 15 |
| 1882 | #652 | 9 |
| 1881 | #416 | 17 |
| 1880 | #505 | 13 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Benjamine was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Benjamine is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#413 · 1 in 3,920
- Georgia#530 · 1 in 6,203
- North Carolina#536 · 1 in 6,129
Best ever in a state: #306 in South Carolina, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #413 | 5 | 1 in 3,920 |
| Georgia | #530 | 5 | 1 in 6,203 |
| North Carolina | #536 | 5 | 1 in 6,129 |
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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 Benjamine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #787)
- Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1882 (#416 → #652)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #416 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1880–1894
- Highest: 1 in 5,926 boys born in 1881 were named Benjamine (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,232 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 13.8% of all boys named Benjamine (249) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 118 | #416 (1881) | #563 |
| 1890s | 65 | #635 (1891) | #790 |
| 1900s | 29 | #846 (1903) | #1,155 |
| 1910s | 179 | #1,174 (1912) | #1,453 |
| 1920s | 181 | #1,416 (1920) | #1,922 |
| 1930s | 103 | #1,837 (1935) | #2,420 |
| 1940s | 98 | #1,833 (1943) | #2,571 |
| 1950s | 107 | #1,900 (1953) | #2,594 |
| 1960s | 139 | #1,852 (1962) | #2,250 |
| 1970s | 202 | #1,670 (1979) | #2,266 |
| 1980s | 249 | #1,866 (1985) | #2,218 |
| 1990s | 154 | #2,865 (1990) | #4,345 |
| 2000s | 124 | #4,476 (2001) | #6,323 |
| 2010s | 59 | #6,359 (2010) | #8,913 |
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.
Benjamine in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 28,003 of them was named Benjamine, which outranked 75.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,159Myrl36
- #1,159Westley36
- #1,159Woodie36
- #1,188Benjamine35
- #1,188Alfonzo35
- #1,188Chalmer35
- #1,188Cornelious35
- #1,207Bernardo34
- #1,207Caleb34
- #1,207Chesley34
Tied with 18 names at #1,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.