Bennie

#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · #2,516 for boys in 2025, 53 births
Given to boys 84.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1903 · 144 births
Debut · boys
26 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
52,753
since 1880

Bennie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #415, 1929peak #130, 1903girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,77861#2,51653
2024#4,89327#2,50254
2023#4,56530#2,54152
2022#4,37832#2,32561
2021#5,09125#2,62349
2020#7,21215#2,41954
2019#8,59712#2,80844
2018#8,61712#3,05538
2017#11,6158#2,67246
2016#8,87512#2,58748
2015#14,4826#2,42952
2014#13,0697#2,88540
2013#11,0009#2,29955
2012#14,9626#2,71644
2011—#2,34654
2010—#2,21259
2009—#2,56049
2008—#2,37454
2007—#2,33755
2006—#1,87772
2005—#2,18255
2004—#1,78570
2003—#2,07754
2002—#1,64772
2001#15,3525#1,62972
2000—#1,60973
1999—#1,48976
1998—#1,48874
1997—#1,22795
1996—#1,24689
1995#11,7836#1,15998
1994—#1,063110
1993—#1,085106
1992—#1,068105
1991—#939127
1990—#857142
1989#9,6817#810149
1988#10,3866#783145
1987#11,3255#749149
1986—#710162
1985#8,3187#740143
1984#8,1537#689159
1983#7,3128#664166
1982#8,2247#609199
1981#6,32310#592209
1980#6,31910#602208
1979#4,62615#537249
1978#9,7505#523246
1977#4,65214#540237
1976#4,15415#543219
1975#3,77417#493261
1974#7,6806#506245
1973#3,23320#499245
1972#4,30013#478270
1971#3,78916#463312
1970#2,77925#434350
1969#2,76823#436331
1968#2,36027#402376
1967#2,78120#397369
1966#2,24928#357443
1965#2,20429#363448
1964#1,83641#348513
1963#2,01534#339520
1962#1,57751#346513
1961#1,66646#348519
1960#1,48755#329550
1959#1,34863#318598
1958#1,22775#297640
1957#1,17780#291658
1956#1,05893#270732
1955#953107#258722
1954#98498#258746
1953#860118#242772
1952#811125#249748
1951#746138#236808
1950#790121#238758
1949#708143#225808
1948#689145#223835
1947#682152#209923
1946#590183#196885
1945#535185#190793
1944#489216#188820
1943#479236#189849
1942#507216#177885
1941#489202#180837
1940#495195#175845
1939#489188#168877
1938#464211#170872
1937#451213#166885
1936#443213#162888
1935#417241#155934
1934#432228#173813
1933#436218#169815
1932#425238#167883
1931#433222#169822
1930#470204#162916
1929#415256#158959
1928#457226#174832
1927#470220#174851
1926#480207#169865
1925#432254#168897
1924#497199#168873
1923#502192#182772
1922#473212#166915
1921#553165#181775
1920#555166#161856
1919#504179#162834
1918#506181#167819
1917#568141#172730
1916#623118#169720
1915#547136#171663
1914#549104#154598
1913#506101#159446
1912#57670#154392
1911#48772#151227
1910#50365#146218
1909#54149#140187
1908#52049#149158
1907#53545#157145
1906#52843#151133
1905#62032#151136
1904#57634#134158
1903#52737#130144
1902#57133#147124
1901#60327#155100
1900#52441#142153
1899#66422#16094
1898#63126#146116
1897#61525#16196
1896#63524#16496
1895#59626#18882
1894#68219#135121
1893#52028#18678
1892#61621#17590
1891#57221#17175
1890#61718#22454
1889#62017#19766
1888#42035#19477
1887#73310#22748
1886#45922#25843
1885#57614#23051
1884#50117#23551
1883#8176#37121
1882#7407#29833
1881#5829#27632
1880#6288#33426
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bennie was already there! It came in at #334, and was given to 26 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 22 boys a year got the name.

Where Bennie is popular in 1884

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Bennie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#2,502 → #2,516)
  • 97 spots since 2020 (#2,419 → #2,516)
  • 87 spots since 2015 (#2,429 → #2,516)
  • Biggest jump: 136 spots in 1884 (#371 → #235)
  • Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1992 (#939 → #1,068)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1903 at #130 (144 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 98 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 112 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1880–1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 811
  • Highest: 1 in 811 boys born in 1904 were named Bennie (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #130 in 1903, was only 1 in 828 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 16.5% of all boys named Bennie (8,705) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s448#194 (1888)#262
1890s902#135 (1894)#171
1900s1,438#130 (1903)#146
1910s5,647#146 (1910)#161
1920s8,595#158 (1929)#170
1930s8,705#155 (1935)#166
1940s8,480#175 (1940)#195
1950s7,182#236 (1951)#266
1960s4,582#329 (1960)#367
1970s2,634#434 (1970)#502
1980s1,689#592 (1981)#695
1990s1,022#857 (1990)#1,162
2000s626#1,609 (2000)#2,008
2010s480#2,212 (2010)#2,601
2020s323#2,325 (2022)#2,488

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.

Bennie in 1884

girls
#501
17 births · 1 in 7,589 girls
boys
#235
51 births · 1 in 2,244 boys

Top girls' names in 1884

  1. #1Mary9,217
  2. #2Anna3,860
  3. #3Emma2,587
  4. #4Elizabeth2,549
  5. #5Minnie2,243
  6. #6Margaret2,142
  7. #7Ida1,882
  8. #8Clara1,852
  9. #9Bertha1,789
  10. #10Annie1,739
  11. #501Bennie17

Top boys' names in 1884

  1. #1John9,388
  2. #2William8,897
  3. #3James5,693
  4. #4George4,961
  5. #5Charles4,802
  6. #6Frank3,218
  7. #7Joseph2,707
  8. #8Thomas2,572
  9. #9Henry2,474
  10. #10Robert2,468
  11. #235Bennie51
More about 1884

girls

129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 7,589 of them was named Bennie, which outranked 57.3% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bennie
  1. #479Shirley18
  2. #479Tempie18
  3. #479Velma18
  4. #501Bennie17
  5. #501Alda17
  6. #501Anastasia17
  7. #501Angelina17
  8. #520Adella16
  9. #520Camilla16
  10. #520Claudie16

Tied with 18 names at #501; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. ↑ 686Belva#920 → #234
  2. ↑ 364Anner#920 → #556
  3. ↑ 354Nella#817 → #463
  4. ↑ 337Guadalupe#920 → #583
  5. ↑ 337Nelia#920 → #583
Fallers
  1. ↓ 488Roxy#536 → #1,024
  2. ↓ 463Fredericka#561 → #1,024
  3. ↓ 445Albert#579 → #1,024
  4. ↓ 409Roseanna#615 → #1,024
  5. ↓ 373Delpha#651 → #1,024

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

boys

114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 2,244 of them was named Bennie, which outranked 79.1% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bennie
  1. #231Lon54
  2. #233Mathew53
  3. #233Orville53
  4. #235Bennie51
  5. #235Emery51
  6. #235Ervin51
  7. #235Vincent51
  8. #240Bob50
  9. #240Columbus50
  10. #240Edd50

Tied with 4 names at #235; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. ↑ 404Pierce#892 → #488
  2. ↑ 388Harlan#892 → #504
  3. ↑ 372Buck#892 → #520
  4. ↑ 345Noel#892 → #547
  5. ↑ 323Cleve#527 → #204
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Ernie#527 → #971
  2. ↓ 415Chin#556 → #971
  3. ↓ 388Newt#460 → #848
  4. ↓ 369Cal#479 → #848
  5. ↓ 351Omar#497 → #848

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

See the top 100 for 1884 →