Benard

Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863

Peak · boys
#852
1906 · 9 births
Debut · boys
1890
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #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—
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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 1935

boys
#1,494
21 births · 1 in 49,588 boys

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #1,494Benard21
More about 1935

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 49,588 of them was named Benard, which outranked 64.0% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benard
  1. #1,453Wendel22
  2. #1,453Wilma22
  3. #1,453Winifred22
  4. #1,494Benard21
  5. #1,494Alvah21
  6. #1,494Augustin21
  7. #1,494Boris21
  8. #1,538Adell20
  9. #1,538Adrien20
  10. #1,538Alpha20

Tied with 43 names at #1,494; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →