Benjiman
#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 56 births
- Debut · boys
- 28 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,307since 1880
Benjiman over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Benjiman has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | #4,862 | 19 |
| 2011 | #3,235 | 34 |
| 2010 | #4,241 | 23 |
| 2009 | #3,639 | 29 |
| 2008 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #3,860 | 23 |
| 2003 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #3,721 | 22 |
| 2000 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #2,510 | 35 |
| 1998 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1997 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #1,919 | 40 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #1,612 | 43 |
| 1986 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #1,644 | 38 |
| 1984 | #1,764 | 32 |
| 1983 | #1,448 | 43 |
| 1982 | #1,890 | 29 |
| 1981 | #1,766 | 32 |
| 1980 | #1,313 | 51 |
| 1979 | #1,390 | 45 |
| 1978 | #1,258 | 51 |
| 1977 | #1,210 | 53 |
| 1976 | #1,346 | 43 |
| 1975 | #970 | 71 |
| 1974 | #1,692 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #1,545 | 26 |
| 1963 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #1,731 | 22 |
| 1960 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1958 | #1,593 | 24 |
| 1957 | #1,364 | 33 |
| 1956 | #1,385 | 31 |
| 1955 | #1,682 | 21 |
| 1954 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #1,485 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,489 | 25 |
| 1950 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,380 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,228 | 32 |
| 1941 | #1,187 | 31 |
| 1940 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #1,031 | 38 |
| 1936 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,150 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,144 | 33 |
| 1932 | #992 | 44 |
| 1931 | #1,015 | 43 |
| 1930 | #990 | 47 |
| 1929 | #952 | 50 |
| 1928 | #980 | 49 |
| 1927 | #990 | 50 |
| 1926 | #855 | 60 |
| 1925 | #801 | 68 |
| 1924 | #752 | 78 |
| 1923 | #896 | 58 |
| 1922 | #766 | 74 |
| 1921 | #687 | 89 |
| 1920 | #887 | 60 |
| 1919 | #716 | 78 |
| 1918 | #761 | 72 |
| 1917 | #793 | 63 |
| 1916 | #750 | 66 |
| 1915 | #846 | 53 |
| 1914 | #777 | 46 |
| 1913 | #914 | 29 |
| 1912 | #835 | 28 |
| 1911 | #732 | 19 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #674 | 13 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #550 | 16 |
| 1902 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | #506 | 15 |
| 1900 | #477 | 23 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #523 | 16 |
| 1897 | #438 | 19 |
| 1896 | #417 | 22 |
| 1895 | #476 | 18 |
| 1894 | #464 | 18 |
| 1893 | #448 | 17 |
| 1892 | #335 | 31 |
| 1891 | #308 | 29 |
| 1890 | #294 | 34 |
| 1889 | #318 | 30 |
| 1888 | #234 | 56 |
| 1887 | #420 | 16 |
| 1886 | #357 | 23 |
| 1885 | #332 | 26 |
| 1884 | #306 | 32 |
| 1883 | #306 | 29 |
| 1882 | #288 | 35 |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 |
| 1880 | #320 | 28 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Benjiman was already there! It came in at #320, and was given to 28 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2023–2024, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
See more about Benjiman
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,700 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #7,194)
- 2,153 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #7,194)
- 2,899 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 722 spots in 1975 (#1,692 → #970)
- Biggest drop: 376 spots in 1976 (#970 → #1,346)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #234 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1880–1930
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,158
- Highest: 1 in 2,158 boys born in 1888 were named Benjiman (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 14.8% of all boys named Benjiman (636) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 296 | #234 (1888) | #324 |
| 1890s | 215 | #294 (1890) | #432 |
| 1900s | 133 | #477 (1900) | #692 |
| 1910s | 467 | #716 (1919) | #798 |
| 1920s | 636 | #687 (1921) | #857 |
| 1930s | 350 | #990 (1930) | #1,151 |
| 1940s | 234 | #1,187 (1941) | #1,484 |
| 1950s | 242 | #1,364 (1957) | #1,592 |
| 1960s | 196 | #1,545 (1964) | #1,893 |
| 1970s | 372 | #970 (1975) | #1,627 |
| 1980s | 378 | #1,313 (1980) | #1,706 |
| 1990s | 264 | #1,919 (1991) | #2,841 |
| 2000s | 230 | #3,349 (2002) | #4,016 |
| 2010s | 220 | #3,235 (2011) | #4,545 |
| 2020s | 74 | #5,041 (2020) | #7,020 |
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.
Benjiman in 1881
boys
#360
21 births · 1 in 4,797 boys
Top boys' names in 1881
More about 1881
boys
100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 4,797 of them was named Benjiman, which outranked 63.9% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).