Benji
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #1,341 for boys in 2025, 142 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1975 · 168 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,285since 1952
Benji over time
Rank among boys' names. Benji has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,341 | 142 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,620 | 105 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,608 | 108 |
| 2022 | — | #1,414 | 130 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,870 | 82 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #1,579 | 103 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #1,938 | 76 |
| 2018 | — | #1,994 | 73 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,091 | 66 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,551 | 49 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,355 | 55 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,705 | 44 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,582 | 29 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,862 | 19 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,822 | 19 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,099 | 24 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,922 | 19 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,524 | 40 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,435 | 42 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,087 | 64 | |
| 1977 | — | #937 | 82 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #850 | 96 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #622 | 168 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,124 | 53 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,724 | 21 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Benji! It came in at #3,095, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1955, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Benji is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#803 · 1 in 4,347
- Washington#973 · 1 in 6,680
- Ohio#1,233 · 1 in 10,843
- Florida#1,581 · 1 in 15,460
- California#1,704 · 1 in 21,042
Best ever in a state: #276 in Minnesota, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #803 | 5 | 1 in 4,347 |
| Washington | #973 | 5 | 1 in 6,680 |
| Ohio | #1,233 | 5 | 1 in 10,843 |
| Florida | #1,581 | 6 | 1 in 15,460 |
| California | #1,704 | 9 | 1 in 21,042 |
| New York | #1,801 | 5 | 1 in 17,826 |
| Texas | #2,004 | 7 | 1 in 24,446 |
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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 Benji
- 279 spots since 2024 (#1,620 → #1,341)
- 238 spots since 2020 (#1,579 → #1,341)
- 1,014 spots since 2015 (#2,355 → #1,341)
- Biggest jump: 502 spots in 1975 (#1,124 → #622)
- Biggest drop: 228 spots in 1976 (#622 → #850)
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1975 at #622 (168 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1975–1977
- Highest: 1 in 9,294 boys born in 1975 were named Benji (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,029 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 29.3% of all boys named Benji (670) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 64 | #1,724 (1958) | #2,833 |
| 1960s | 150 | #1,894 (1968) | #2,157 |
| 1970s | 566 | #622 (1975) | #1,604 |
| 1980s | 157 | #1,524 (1980) | #3,956 |
| 1990s | 87 | #4,407 (1990) | #6,327 |
| 2000s | 137 | #4,573 (2000) | #5,877 |
| 2010s | 454 | #1,938 (2019) | #3,100 |
| 2020s | 670 | #1,341 (2025) | #1,572 |
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.
Benji in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 21,335 of them was named Benji, which outranked 86.7% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,853Summit83
- #1,853Triston83
- #1,853Vander83
- #1,870Benji82
- #1,870Ansh82
- #1,870Camari82
- #1,870Cordell82
- #1,884Asad81
- #1,884Aziah81
- #1,884Breck81
Tied with 13 names at #1,870; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.