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 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#750 · 1 in 18,843
Best ever in a state: #744 in New York, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #750 | 6 | 1 in 18,843 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 48,240 of them was named Binnie, which outranked 71.0% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,533Velia29
- #1,533Vernetta29
- #1,533Zula29
- #1,559Binnie28
- #1,559Arlyne28
- #1,559Blanca28
- #1,559Clarine28
- #1,592Birtha27
- #1,592Carline27
- #1,592Celine27
Tied with 32 names at #1,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 197,309 of them was named Binnie, which outranked 27.3% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).