Benard

Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863

Peak · boys
1906 · 9 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,644
since 1890

Benard over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Benard has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #852, 1906boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#10,8636
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017#10,7756
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012#12,2745
2011
2010
2009#9,8647
2008
2007
2006
2005#10,1516
2004#8,9277
2003#6,71510
2002#9,3926
2001#10,5565
2000
1999#8,7046
1998#5,46611
1997#9,2655
1996#6,4968
1995#5,50110
1994#7,7706
1993#4,69712
1992#5,23610
1991#5,9428
1990#4,67311
1989#4,01713
1988#4,16211
1987#3,95911
1986#5,3327
1985#4,6988
1984
1983
1982#4,5938
1981#3,41212
1980#5,5256
1979#4,4038
1978#5,7725
1977#3,8369
1976#4,9356
1975#3,9418
1974#3,31810
1973#3,22310
1972#2,99111
1971#1,78425
1970#2,12518
1969#1,72823
1968#2,31113
1967#1,57324
1966#1,68421
1965#1,48327
1964#1,72921
1963#1,95717
1962#1,66923
1961#1,77821
1960#1,81220
1959#1,62024
1958#1,67722
1957#1,71522
1956#1,23238
1955#1,57224
1954#1,43528
1953#1,23137
1952#1,66521
1951#1,97215
1950#1,31330
1949#1,66720
1948#1,61121
1947#1,55523
1946#1,88415
1945#1,40622
1944#1,81015
1943#1,28029
1942#1,79916
1941#1,44622
1940#1,80215
1939#1,57818
1938#1,36424
1937#1,99213
1936#1,35624
1935#1,49421
1934#1,55120
1933#1,54020
1932#1,50922
1931#1,33327
1930#1,29930
1929#1,73119
1928#1,90217
1927#1,24834
1926#1,78719
1925#1,36029
1924#1,41428
1923#1,35829
1922#1,28232
1921#1,64822
1920#1,59223
1919#1,62421
1918#1,64821
1917#1,36226
1916#1,33526
1915#1,45422
1914#1,97511
1913#1,9459
1912#2,0457
1911
1910#1,5895
1909
1908
1907#1,2006
1906#8529
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1890

The first year at least five boys were named Benard! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Benard
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest drop: 348 spots in 1907 (#852#1,200)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1906 at #852 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1890–1906
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,795
  • Highest: 1 in 14,795 boys born in 1906 were named Benard (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.9% of all boys named Benard (261) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s10#994 (1890)#1,026
1900s15#852 (1906)#1,026
1910s148#1,335 (1916)#1,664
1920s252#1,248 (1927)#1,532
1930s219#1,299 (1930)#1,502
1940s198#1,280 (1943)#1,626
1950s261#1,231 (1953)#1,543
1960s210#1,483 (1965)#1,772
1970s110#1,784 (1971)#3,633
1980s76#3,412 (1981)#4,462
1990s87#4,673 (1990)#6,375
2000s41#6,715 (2003)#9,268
2010s11#10,775 (2017)#11,525
2020s6#10,863 (2022)#10,863

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.

Benard in 1890

boys
#994
5 births · 1 in 22,205 boys

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #994Benard5
More about 1890

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 22,205 of them was named Benard, which outranked 14.4% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benard
  1. #884Willam6
  2. #884Winston6
  3. #884Wright6
  4. #994Benard5
  5. #994Add5
  6. #994Adolfo5
  7. #994Alberto5

Tied with 167 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 463Hoyt#974#511
  2. 441Ebb#974#533
  3. 371Eva#974#603
  4. 371Perley#974#603
  5. 371Jimmy#974#603
Fallers
  1. 530Alvie#464#994
  2. 438Thornton#446#884
  3. 420Hezekiah#464#884
  4. 413Essie#581#994
  5. 413Clare#581#994

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

See the top 100 for 1890