Benjie
Last seen for girls in 1960 at #5,696 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 96.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 50 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 922since 1935
Benjie over time
Rank among boys' names. Benjie has never cracked the top 1,000 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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| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
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| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
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| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
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| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
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| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,018 | 14 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,780 | 29 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,502 | 36 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,228 | 48 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,546 | 32 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,203 | 18 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,559 | 25 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,487 | 28 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,082 | 50 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,136 | 48 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #1,483 | 28 |
| 1957 | — | #1,837 | 19 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,298 | 35 | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | — | #2,073 | 14 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,838 | 17 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
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| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
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| 1945 | — | #1,926 | 13 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
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| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Benjie! It came in at #3,252, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1937, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Benjie is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#335 · 1 in 2,659
- Alabama#481 · 1 in 7,490
- Georgia#498 · 1 in 7,972
- California#884 · 1 in 26,999
Best ever in a state: #325 in New Mexico, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Mexico | #335 | 5 | 1 in 2,659 |
| Alabama | #481 | 5 | 1 in 7,490 |
| Georgia | #498 | 6 | 1 in 7,972 |
| California | #884 | 7 | 1 in 26,999 |
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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 Benjie
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1962 at #1,082 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 32,528 boys born in 1975 were named Benjie (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,082 in 1962, was only 1 in 41,375 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.2% of all boys named Benjie (306) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 18 | #3,113 (1939) | #3,180 |
| 1940s | 50 | #1,926 (1945) | #2,745 |
| 1950s | 203 | #1,298 (1956) | #1,985 |
| 1960s | 306 | #1,082 (1962) | #1,562 |
| 1970s | 283 | #1,228 (1975) | #1,879 |
| 1980s | 46 | #3,838 (1980) | #5,128 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 16 | #10,799 (2021) | #11,719 |
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.
Benjie in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 44,254 of them was named Benjie, which outranked 75.6% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,121Trey49
- #1,121Walker49
- #1,121Wendall49
- #1,136Benjie48
- #1,136Abelardo48
- #1,136Allison48
- #1,136Cal48
- #1,148Antone47
- #1,148Corwin47
- #1,148Dereck47
Tied with 11 names at #1,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.