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

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Peak · girls
1942 · 28 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
369
since 1915

Binnie over time

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#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #1,559, 1942peak #2,905, 1937girlsboys
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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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First appearance
1915

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1955
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1942 at #1,559 (28 births)
  • Births halved by 1943, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 48,240
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 39.3% of all girls named Binnie (145) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1956
  • Mostly girls until 1955, mostly boys since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s14#3,092 (1917)#3,683
1920s56#3,393 (1924)#4,003
1930s106#1,735 (1937)#2,992
1940s145#1,559 (1942)#2,592
1950s48#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

girls
#1,900
18 births · 1 in 63,529 girls
boys
#3,459
5 births · 1 in 231,834 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #1,900Binnie18

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #3,459Binnie5
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).

Ranked beside Binnie
  1. #1,845Wonda19
  2. #1,845Wyona19
  3. #1,845Zena19
  4. #1,900Binnie18
  5. #1,900Alfredia18
  6. #1,900Bebe18
  7. #1,900Bobette18
  8. #1,965Arliss17
  9. #1,965Arlyce17
  10. #1,965Audelia17

Tied with 64 names at #1,900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,494Scarlett#3,429 → #935
  2. ↑ 1,465Lonna#2,206 → #741
  3. ↑ 834Pam#1,797 → #963
  4. ↑ 659Jody#1,638 → #979
  5. ↑ 633Laraine#1,474 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Fredia#996 → #1,477
  2. ↓ 430Eleanora#974 → #1,404
  3. ↓ 375Danielle#811 → #1,186
  4. ↓ 342Eloisa#930 → #1,272
  5. ↓ 298Coral#996 → #1,294

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).

Ranked beside Binnie
  1. #3,130Willford6
  2. #3,130Willoughby6
  3. #3,130Yoshio6
  4. #3,459Binnie5
  5. #3,459Abbey5
  6. #3,459Abron5
  7. #3,459Abundio5

Tied with 478 names at #3,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940 →