Benjamen

#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births

Peak · boys
1884 · 9 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,687
since 1884

Benjamen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Benjamen has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #663, 1884boys
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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#9,7147
2024#10,9386
2023#6,89712
2022#12,3305
2021#6,33513
2020#8,0679
2019#6,40613
2018#6,03614
2017#5,11118
2016#3,99026
2015#6,32413
2014#4,70220
2013#3,58229
2012#3,71428
2011#2,62646
2010#2,95839
2009#2,66346
2008#2,51550
2007#2,81142
2006#2,39851
2005#1,83870
2004#2,20852
2003#1,81565
2002#1,94357
2001#1,71067
2000#1,72565
1999#1,72060
1998#1,51572
1997#1,48671
1996#1,33481
1995#1,54961
1994#1,39970
1993#1,29577
1992#1,42964
1991#1,46760
1990#1,06599
1989#1,13088
1988#1,13078
1987#1,12373
1986#1,10272
1985#1,06675
1984#96884
1983#1,02874
1982#1,01380
1981#97685
1980#1,10367
1979#1,04471
1978#92088
1977#90488
1976#89785
1975#1,09958
1974#1,06560
1973#1,25343
1972#1,72126
1971#1,82324
1970#1,79424
1969#2,04617
1968#1,61424
1967#2,03015
1966#2,32712
1965#2,61710
1964#2,54611
1963#1,83919
1962#2,36412
1961#2,07016
1960#1,91018
1959#2,11115
1958#3,0338
1957#2,19014
1956#2,09115
1955#1,84518
1954#1,66821
1953#1,83618
1952#1,61522
1951#1,83817
1950#2,11113
1949#2,8028
1948#1,81717
1947#2,35611
1946#2,5349
1945#1,92613
1944#1,81015
1943#2,5639
1942
1941#2,6568
1940#1,80215
1939#2,28810
1938#3,1756
1937#3,5185
1936#1,87214
1935#2,24611
1934#2,12112
1933#2,5429
1932
1931#2,10113
1930#2,29312
1929#3,5596
1928#2,16214
1927#1,69221
1926#2,56611
1925#2,43512
1924#2,34713
1923#2,9509
1922#2,14315
1921#1,98017
1920#2,33613
1919#1,97316
1918#2,07315
1917#2,28012
1916#2,04314
1915#1,78216
1914#2,9156
1913#2,0928
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,2006
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#9546
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#9745
1888#1,0315
1887#9215
1886
1885
1884#6639
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Benjamen! It came in at #663, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Benjamen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,224 spots since 2024 (#10,938#9,714)
  • 1,647 spots since 2020 (#8,067#9,714)
  • 3,390 spots since 2015 (#6,324#9,714)
  • Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1976 (#1,099#897)
  • Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1979 (#920#1,044)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #663 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1976–1978
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,716
  • Highest: 1 in 12,716 boys born in 1884 were named Benjamen (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 21.0% of all boys named Benjamen (776) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#663 (1884)#897
1890s6#954 (1894)#954
1900s6#1,200 (1907)#1,200
1910s87#1,782 (1915)#2,165
1920s131#1,692 (1927)#2,417
1930s92#1,872 (1936)#2,462
1940s105#1,802 (1940)#2,252
1950s161#1,615 (1952)#2,034
1960s154#1,614 (1968)#2,136
1970s567#897 (1976)#1,252
1980s776#968 (1984)#1,064
1990s715#1,065 (1990)#1,426
2000s565#1,710 (2001)#2,163
2010s246#2,626 (2011)#4,545
2020s52#6,335 (2021)#9,047

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.

Benjamen in 1995

boys
#1,549
61 births · 1 in 31,208 boys

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #1,549Benjamen61
More about 1995

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 31,208 of them was named Benjamen, which outranked 85.0% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benjamen
  1. #1,527Rondell62
  2. #1,527Ryland62
  3. #1,527Wilmer62
  4. #1,549Benjamen61
  5. #1,549Andrea61
  6. #1,549Avraham61
  7. #1,549Dino61
  8. #1,559Benson60
  9. #1,559Blane60
  10. #1,559Cason60

Tied with 9 names at #1,549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 1,703Tristin#2,307#604
  2. 1,494Raekwon#2,082#588
  3. 1,357Tristian#2,219#862
  4. 1,269Triston#1,795#526
  5. 1,186Rashaan#2,123#937
Fallers
  1. 469Shyheim#817#1,286
  2. 335Ryne#897#1,232
  3. 251Daulton#792#1,043
  4. 247Demetri#886#1,133
  5. 242Jerrell#917#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995