Benjaman
Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,024since 1880
Benjaman over time
Rank among boys' names. Benjaman has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #1,938 | 32 |
| 1986 | #2,360 | 23 |
| 1985 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #1,822 | 30 |
| 1982 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #1,913 | 26 |
| 1977 | #1,367 | 44 |
| 1976 | #1,748 | 29 |
| 1975 | #1,429 | 38 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,399 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,237 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | #1,108 | 41 |
| 1925 | #1,201 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,187 | 37 |
| 1923 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,222 | 35 |
| 1921 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #1,180 | 37 |
| 1919 | #1,230 | 33 |
| 1918 | #1,172 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #635 | 12 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #603 | 11 |
| 1889 | #549 | 12 |
| 1888 | #387 | 23 |
| 1887 | #488 | 13 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #480 | 15 |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #556 | 11 |
| 1882 | #540 | 12 |
| 1881 | #563 | 10 |
| 1880 | #526 | 12 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Benjaman was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Benjaman is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#419 · 1 in 4,789
Best ever in a state: #345 in South Carolina, 1930.
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| Virginia | #419 | 5 | 1 in 4,789 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Benjaman
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 366 spots in 1892 (#963 → #597)
- Biggest drop: 360 spots in 1891 (#603 → #963)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #387 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1887–1895
- Highest: 1 in 5,254 boys born in 1888 were named Benjaman (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 345,215 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 15.7% of all boys named Benjaman (317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | #387 (1888) | #539 |
| 1890s | 77 | #597 (1892) | #773 |
| 1900s | 47 | #874 (1904) | #1,054 |
| 1910s | 209 | #1,038 (1911) | #1,325 |
| 1920s | 317 | #1,108 (1926) | #1,324 |
| 1930s | 161 | #1,397 (1938) | #1,864 |
| 1940s | 114 | #1,910 (1943) | #2,247 |
| 1950s | 157 | #1,630 (1953) | #2,057 |
| 1960s | 86 | #2,210 (1960) | #2,825 |
| 1970s | 220 | #1,367 (1977) | #2,286 |
| 1980s | 250 | #1,822 (1983) | #2,260 |
| 1990s | 157 | #2,952 (1990) | #4,109 |
| 2000s | 92 | #4,890 (2001) | #8,053 |
| 2010s | 17 | #10,766 (2010) | #11,224 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,022 |
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.
Benjaman in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 28,766 of them was named Benjaman, which outranked 76.3% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,157Raoul38
- #1,157Reino38
- #1,157Sim38
- #1,180Benjaman37
- #1,180Armin37
- #1,180Audie37
- #1,180Aurelio37
- #1,208Ansel36
- #1,208Brown36
- #1,208Buel36
Tied with 27 names at #1,180; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.