Binnie
Last seen for girls in 1955 at #5,828 · Last seen for boys in 1956 at #3,942
Given to girls 78.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 369since 1915
Binnie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | — | |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Binnie! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Binnie is popular in 1940
No state had 5 or more girls named Binnie in 1940, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Binnie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1955
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1942 at #1,559 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 48,240 girls born in 1942 were named Binnie (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 391,055 girls born in 1955 (0.00%)
- 39.3% of all girls named Binnie (145) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1955, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 14 | #3,092 (1917) | #3,683 |
| 1920s | 56 | #3,393 (1924) | #4,003 |
| 1930s | 106 | #1,735 (1937) | #2,992 |
| 1940s | 145 | #1,559 (1942) | #2,592 |
| 1950s | 48 | #3,482 (1951) | #4,275 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Binnie in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 63,529 of them was named Binnie, which outranked 62.2% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,845Wonda19
- #1,845Wyona19
- #1,845Zena19
- #1,900Binnie18
- #1,900Alfredia18
- #1,900Bebe18
- #1,900Bobette18
- #1,965Arliss17
- #1,965Arlyce17
- #1,965Audelia17
Tied with 64 names at #1,900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 231,834 of them was named Binnie, which outranked 12.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 478 names at #3,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.