Bennie
#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · #2,516 for boys in 2025, 53 births
Given to boys 84.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 144 births
- Debut · boys
- 26 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 52,753since 1880
Bennie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,778 | 61 | #2,516 | 53 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | #2,502 | 54 |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 | #2,541 | 52 |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | #2,325 | 61 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | #2,623 | 49 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #2,419 | 54 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #2,808 | 44 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #3,055 | 38 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #2,885 | 40 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #2,299 | 55 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #2,716 | 44 |
| 2011 | — | #2,346 | 54 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,212 | 59 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,560 | 49 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,374 | 54 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,877 | 72 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,182 | 55 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,785 | 70 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,077 | 54 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,647 | 72 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #1,629 | 72 |
| 2000 | — | #1,609 | 73 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,489 | 76 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,488 | 74 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,227 | 95 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,246 | 89 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #1,159 | 98 |
| 1994 | — | #1,063 | 110 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,085 | 106 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,068 | 105 | |
| 1991 | — | #939 | 127 | |
| 1990 | — | #857 | 142 | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #810 | 149 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #783 | 145 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #749 | 149 |
| 1986 | — | #710 | 162 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #740 | 143 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #689 | 159 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #664 | 166 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #609 | 199 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #592 | 209 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #602 | 208 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #537 | 249 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #523 | 246 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #540 | 237 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #543 | 219 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | #493 | 261 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #506 | 245 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | #499 | 245 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #478 | 270 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #463 | 312 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | #434 | 350 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | #436 | 331 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | #402 | 376 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | #397 | 369 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 | #357 | 443 |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 | #363 | 448 |
| 1964 | #1,836 | 41 | #348 | 513 |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | #339 | 520 |
| 1962 | #1,577 | 51 | #346 | 513 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 | #348 | 519 |
| 1960 | #1,487 | 55 | #329 | 550 |
| 1959 | #1,348 | 63 | #318 | 598 |
| 1958 | #1,227 | 75 | #297 | 640 |
| 1957 | #1,177 | 80 | #291 | 658 |
| 1956 | #1,058 | 93 | #270 | 732 |
| 1955 | #953 | 107 | #258 | 722 |
| 1954 | #984 | 98 | #258 | 746 |
| 1953 | #860 | 118 | #242 | 772 |
| 1952 | #811 | 125 | #249 | 748 |
| 1951 | #746 | 138 | #236 | 808 |
| 1950 | #790 | 121 | #238 | 758 |
| 1949 | #708 | 143 | #225 | 808 |
| 1948 | #689 | 145 | #223 | 835 |
| 1947 | #682 | 152 | #209 | 923 |
| 1946 | #590 | 183 | #196 | 885 |
| 1945 | #535 | 185 | #190 | 793 |
| 1944 | #489 | 216 | #188 | 820 |
| 1943 | #479 | 236 | #189 | 849 |
| 1942 | #507 | 216 | #177 | 885 |
| 1941 | #489 | 202 | #180 | 837 |
| 1940 | #495 | 195 | #175 | 845 |
| 1939 | #489 | 188 | #168 | 877 |
| 1938 | #464 | 211 | #170 | 872 |
| 1937 | #451 | 213 | #166 | 885 |
| 1936 | #443 | 213 | #162 | 888 |
| 1935 | #417 | 241 | #155 | 934 |
| 1934 | #432 | 228 | #173 | 813 |
| 1933 | #436 | 218 | #169 | 815 |
| 1932 | #425 | 238 | #167 | 883 |
| 1931 | #433 | 222 | #169 | 822 |
| 1930 | #470 | 204 | #162 | 916 |
| 1929 | #415 | 256 | #158 | 959 |
| 1928 | #457 | 226 | #174 | 832 |
| 1927 | #470 | 220 | #174 | 851 |
| 1926 | #480 | 207 | #169 | 865 |
| 1925 | #432 | 254 | #168 | 897 |
| 1924 | #497 | 199 | #168 | 873 |
| 1923 | #502 | 192 | #182 | 772 |
| 1922 | #473 | 212 | #166 | 915 |
| 1921 | #553 | 165 | #181 | 775 |
| 1920 | #555 | 166 | #161 | 856 |
| 1919 | #504 | 179 | #162 | 834 |
| 1918 | #506 | 181 | #167 | 819 |
| 1917 | #568 | 141 | #172 | 730 |
| 1916 | #623 | 118 | #169 | 720 |
| 1915 | #547 | 136 | #171 | 663 |
| 1914 | #549 | 104 | #154 | 598 |
| 1913 | #506 | 101 | #159 | 446 |
| 1912 | #576 | 70 | #154 | 392 |
| 1911 | #487 | 72 | #151 | 227 |
| 1910 | #503 | 65 | #146 | 218 |
| 1909 | #541 | 49 | #140 | 187 |
| 1908 | #520 | 49 | #149 | 158 |
| 1907 | #535 | 45 | #157 | 145 |
| 1906 | #528 | 43 | #151 | 133 |
| 1905 | #620 | 32 | #151 | 136 |
| 1904 | #576 | 34 | #134 | 158 |
| 1903 | #527 | 37 | #130 | 144 |
| 1902 | #571 | 33 | #147 | 124 |
| 1901 | #603 | 27 | #155 | 100 |
| 1900 | #524 | 41 | #142 | 153 |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 | #160 | 94 |
| 1898 | #631 | 26 | #146 | 116 |
| 1897 | #615 | 25 | #161 | 96 |
| 1896 | #635 | 24 | #164 | 96 |
| 1895 | #596 | 26 | #188 | 82 |
| 1894 | #682 | 19 | #135 | 121 |
| 1893 | #520 | 28 | #186 | 78 |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 | #175 | 90 |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 | #171 | 75 |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 | #224 | 54 |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 | #197 | 66 |
| 1888 | #420 | 35 | #194 | 77 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | #227 | 48 |
| 1886 | #459 | 22 | #258 | 43 |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 | #230 | 51 |
| 1884 | #501 | 17 | #235 | 51 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | #371 | 21 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | #298 | 33 |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | #276 | 32 |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | #334 | 26 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bennie was already there! It came in at #334, and was given to 26 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 22 boys a year got the name.
Where Bennie is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#102 · 1 in 486
- Arkansas#128 · 1 in 699
- South Carolina#158 · 1 in 841
- Georgia#197 · 1 in 1,199
- North Carolina#200 · 1 in 1,284
Best ever in a state: #35 in New Mexico, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #102 | 57 | 1 in 486 |
| Arkansas | #128 | 28 | 1 in 699 |
| South Carolina | #158 | 34 | 1 in 841 |
| Georgia | #197 | 40 | 1 in 1,199 |
| North Carolina | #200 | 41 | 1 in 1,284 |
| New Mexico | #217 | 11 | 1 in 1,212 |
| Alabama | #218 | 26 | 1 in 1,479 |
| Kentucky | #235 | 17 | 1 in 2,128 |
| Tennessee | #240 | 20 | 1 in 1,993 |
| Louisiana | #244 | 27 | 1 in 1,579 |
| Oklahoma | #254 | 12 | 1 in 1,999 |
| Florida | #266 | 26 | 1 in 2,065 |
| District of Columbia | #284 | 5 | 1 in 2,972 |
| Virginia | #292 | 15 | 1 in 2,880 |
| Arizona | #303 | 7 | 1 in 2,308 |
| West Virginia | #304 | 5 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Texas | #307 | 60 | 1 in 2,053 |
| Kansas | #308 | 7 | 1 in 3,398 |
| Colorado | #330 | 6 | 1 in 3,551 |
| Missouri | #333 | 11 | 1 in 4,477 |
| Indiana | #363 | 9 | 1 in 6,089 |
| Ohio | #371 | 16 | 1 in 7,083 |
| Wisconsin | #375 | 5 | 1 in 9,509 |
| Illinois | #376 | 20 | 1 in 5,817 |
| Michigan | #396 | 12 | 1 in 8,039 |
| Pennsylvania | #412 | 13 | 1 in 9,364 |
| California | #454 | 26 | 1 in 6,909 |
| New Jersey | #480 | 5 | 1 in 12,265 |
| New York | #520 | 16 | 1 in 11,307 |
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| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Bennie
- 14 spots since 2024 (#2,502 → #2,516)
- 97 spots since 2020 (#2,419 → #2,516)
- 87 spots since 2015 (#2,429 → #2,516)
- Biggest jump: 136 spots in 1884 (#371 → #235)
- Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1992 (#939 → #1,068)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1903 at #130 (144 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 98 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1880–1991
- Highest: 1 in 811 boys born in 1904 were named Bennie (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #130 in 1903, was only 1 in 828 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.5% of all boys named Bennie (8,705) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 448 | #194 (1888) | #262 |
| 1890s | 902 | #135 (1894) | #171 |
| 1900s | 1,438 | #130 (1903) | #146 |
| 1910s | 5,647 | #146 (1910) | #161 |
| 1920s | 8,595 | #158 (1929) | #170 |
| 1930s | 8,705 | #155 (1935) | #166 |
| 1940s | 8,480 | #175 (1940) | #195 |
| 1950s | 7,182 | #236 (1951) | #266 |
| 1960s | 4,582 | #329 (1960) | #367 |
| 1970s | 2,634 | #434 (1970) | #502 |
| 1980s | 1,689 | #592 (1981) | #695 |
| 1990s | 1,022 | #857 (1990) | #1,162 |
| 2000s | 626 | #1,609 (2000) | #2,008 |
| 2010s | 480 | #2,212 (2010) | #2,601 |
| 2020s | 323 | #2,325 (2022) | #2,488 |
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.
Bennie in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 32,118 of them was named Bennie, which outranked 81.3% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,337Kimbra64
- #1,337Sofia64
- #1,337Wilhelmina64
- #1,348Bennie63
- #1,348Annamaria63
- #1,348Belva63
- #1,348Cris63
- #1,358Andria62
- #1,358Cammie62
- #1,358Catalina62
Tied with 9 names at #1,348; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 3,569 of them was named Bennie, which outranked 93.0% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.