Benjiman

#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births

Peak · boys
#234
1888 · 56 births
Debut · boys
1880
28 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,307
since 1880

Benjiman over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Benjiman has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #234, 1888boys
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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#7,19411
2024#9,8947
2023#7,73810
2022#6,47913
2021#5,77615
2020#5,04118
2019#4,95119
2018#5,32017
2017#5,29717
2016#5,12418
2015#4,29523
2014#4,53821
2013#3,58229
2012#4,86219
2011#3,23534
2010#4,24123
2009#3,63929
2008#3,92126
2007#3,68728
2006#5,30316
2005#5,27815
2004#3,86023
2003#3,97621
2002#3,34926
2001#3,72122
2000#3,42324
1999#2,51035
1998#3,48621
1997#2,68029
1996#3,02124
1995#2,92324
1994#2,84725
1993#2,86524
1992#3,45918
1991#1,91940
1990#2,69524
1989#1,73344
1988#1,73140
1987#1,61243
1986#2,16126
1985#1,64438
1984#1,76432
1983#1,44843
1982#1,89029
1981#1,76632
1980#1,31351
1979#1,39045
1978#1,25851
1977#1,21053
1976#1,34643
1975#97071
1974#1,69228
1973#2,21618
1972#2,08019
1971#1,59730
1970#2,50914
1969#1,68024
1968#2,31113
1967#2,35212
1966#2,46511
1965#1,85618
1964#1,54526
1963#1,74421
1962#1,66923
1961#1,73122
1960#1,58126
1959#1,58825
1958#1,59324
1957#1,36433
1956#1,38531
1955#1,68221
1954#1,55924
1953#1,95816
1952#1,48526
1951#1,48925
1950#1,81517
1949#1,38028
1948#1,51923
1947#1,64621
1946#1,64219
1945#1,77215
1944#1,63018
1943#1,52921
1942#1,22832
1941#1,18731
1940#1,31126
1939#1,71216
1938#1,17131
1937#1,03138
1936#1,14233
1935#1,16532
1934#1,15033
1933#1,14433
1932#99244
1931#1,01543
1930#99047
1929#95250
1928#98049
1927#99050
1926#85560
1925#80168
1924#75278
1923#89658
1922#76674
1921#68789
1920#88760
1919#71678
1918#76172
1917#79363
1916#75066
1915#84653
1914#77746
1913#91429
1912#83528
1911#73219
1910#85913
1909#75614
1908#87710
1907#73513
1906#67413
1905#8369
1904#76010
1903#55016
1902#74410
1901#50615
1900#47723
1899#61311
1898#52316
1897#43819
1896#41722
1895#47618
1894#46418
1893#44817
1892#33531
1891#30829
1890#29434
1889#31830
1888#23456
1887#42016
1886#35723
1885#33226
1884#30632
1883#30629
1882#28835
1881#36021
1880#32028
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s296#234 (1888)#324
1890s215#294 (1890)#432
1900s133#477 (1900)#692
1910s467#716 (1919)#798
1920s636#687 (1921)#857
1930s350#990 (1930)#1,151
1940s234#1,187 (1941)#1,484
1950s242#1,364 (1957)#1,592
1960s196#1,545 (1964)#1,893
1970s372#970 (1975)#1,627
1980s378#1,313 (1980)#1,706
1990s264#1,919 (1991)#2,841
2000s230#3,349 (2002)#4,016
2010s220#3,235 (2011)#4,545
2020s74#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 1956

boys
#1,385
31 births · 1 in 68,236 boys

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #1,385Benjiman31
More about 1956

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 68,236 of them was named Benjiman, which outranked 68.9% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Benjiman
  1. #1,362Turner32
  2. #1,362Waymond32
  3. #1,362Wendel32
  4. #1,385Benjiman31
  5. #1,385Burke31
  6. #1,385Burley31
  7. #1,385Candelario31
  8. #1,418Addison30
  9. #1,418Anastacio30
  10. #1,418Armond30

Tied with 32 names at #1,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,847Jace#2,764 → #917
  2. ↑ 678Rich#1,572 → #894
  3. ↑ 590Broderick#1,273 → #683
  4. ↑ 559Elvis#921 → #362
  5. ↑ 513Tracey#1,419 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Adolphus#906 → #1,257
  2. ↓ 336Randolf#949 → #1,285
  3. ↓ 279Cordell#792 → #1,071
  4. ↓ 272Rudolfo#885 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 269Aurelio#949 → #1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956 →