Benjy
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 29 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 362since 1936
Benjy over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Benjy has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
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| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
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| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #2,113 | 22 |
| 1975 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #1,659 | 29 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
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| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
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| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
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First appearance
1936
The first year at least five boys were named Benjy! It came in at #3,147, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1952, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Benjy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Benjy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Benjy
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 3,112 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1974 at #1,659 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 3 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 54,218
- Highest: 1 in 54,218 boys born in 1974 were named Benjy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 42.3% of all boys named Benjy (153) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | #3,147 (1936) | #3,147 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 66 | #2,177 (1958) | #2,826 |
| 1960s | 87 | #1,792 (1963) | #2,675 |
| 1970s | 153 | #1,659 (1974) | #3,033 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 17 | #9,115 (2005) | #10,455 |
| 2010s | 15 | #12,145 (2019) | #12,207 |
| 2020s | 18 | #8,910 (2025) | #11,026 |
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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