Benjimin
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1975 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 284since 1924
Benjimin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Benjimin has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
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| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
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| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
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| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
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| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five boys were named Benjimin! It came in at #4,347, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1928, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Benjimin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Benjimin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1975 at #3,078 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 130,113
- Highest: 1 in 130,113 boys born in 1975 were named Benjimin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 21.8% of all boys named Benjimin (62) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #3,559 (1929) | #3,953 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,679 (1934) | #3,679 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,886 (1955) | #3,886 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,646 (1963) | #3,788 |
| 1970s | 36 | #3,078 (1975) | #4,749 |
| 1980s | 54 | #3,882 (1986) | #5,169 |
| 1990s | 26 | #7,792 (1995) | #8,727 |
| 2000s | 61 | #5,525 (2006) | #9,344 |
| 2010s | 62 | #6,241 (2013) | #9,730 |
| 2020s | 13 | #9,714 (2021) | #10,289 |
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.
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