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

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Peak · boys
#130
1903 · 144 births
Debut · boys
1880
26 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
52,753
since 1880

Bennie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #415, 1929peak #130, 1903girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,77861#2,51653
2024#4,89327#2,50254
2023#4,56530#2,54152
2022#4,37832#2,32561
2021#5,09125#2,62349
2020#7,21215#2,41954
2019#8,59712#2,80844
2018#8,61712#3,05538
2017#11,6158#2,67246
2016#8,87512#2,58748
2015#14,4826#2,42952
2014#13,0697#2,88540
2013#11,0009#2,29955
2012#14,9626#2,71644
2011—#2,34654
2010—#2,21259
2009—#2,56049
2008—#2,37454
2007—#2,33755
2006—#1,87772
2005—#2,18255
2004—#1,78570
2003—#2,07754
2002—#1,64772
2001#15,3525#1,62972
2000—#1,60973
1999—#1,48976
1998—#1,48874
1997—#1,22795
1996—#1,24689
1995#11,7836#1,15998
1994—#1,063110
1993—#1,085106
1992—#1,068105
1991—#939127
1990—#857142
1989#9,6817#810149
1988#10,3866#783145
1987#11,3255#749149
1986—#710162
1985#8,3187#740143
1984#8,1537#689159
1983#7,3128#664166
1982#8,2247#609199
1981#6,32310#592209
1980#6,31910#602208
1979#4,62615#537249
1978#9,7505#523246
1977#4,65214#540237
1976#4,15415#543219
1975#3,77417#493261
1974#7,6806#506245
1973#3,23320#499245
1972#4,30013#478270
1971#3,78916#463312
1970#2,77925#434350
1969#2,76823#436331
1968#2,36027#402376
1967#2,78120#397369
1966#2,24928#357443
1965#2,20429#363448
1964#1,83641#348513
1963#2,01534#339520
1962#1,57751#346513
1961#1,66646#348519
1960#1,48755#329550
1959#1,34863#318598
1958#1,22775#297640
1957#1,17780#291658
1956#1,05893#270732
1955#953107#258722
1954#98498#258746
1953#860118#242772
1952#811125#249748
1951#746138#236808
1950#790121#238758
1949#708143#225808
1948#689145#223835
1947#682152#209923
1946#590183#196885
1945#535185#190793
1944#489216#188820
1943#479236#189849
1942#507216#177885
1941#489202#180837
1940#495195#175845
1939#489188#168877
1938#464211#170872
1937#451213#166885
1936#443213#162888
1935#417241#155934
1934#432228#173813
1933#436218#169815
1932#425238#167883
1931#433222#169822
1930#470204#162916
1929#415256#158959
1928#457226#174832
1927#470220#174851
1926#480207#169865
1925#432254#168897
1924#497199#168873
1923#502192#182772
1922#473212#166915
1921#553165#181775
1920#555166#161856
1919#504179#162834
1918#506181#167819
1917#568141#172730
1916#623118#169720
1915#547136#171663
1914#549104#154598
1913#506101#159446
1912#57670#154392
1911#48772#151227
1910#50365#146218
1909#54149#140187
1908#52049#149158
1907#53545#157145
1906#52843#151133
1905#62032#151136
1904#57634#134158
1903#52737#130144
1902#57133#147124
1901#60327#155100
1900#52441#142153
1899#66422#16094
1898#63126#146116
1897#61525#16196
1896#63524#16496
1895#59626#18882
1894#68219#135121
1893#52028#18678
1892#61621#17590
1891#57221#17175
1890#61718#22454
1889#62017#19766
1888#42035#19477
1887#73310#22748
1886#45922#25843
1885#57614#23051
1884#50117#23551
1883#8176#37121
1882#7407#29833
1881#5829#27632
1880#6288#33426
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Bennie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1903 at #130 (144 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 98 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 112 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1880–1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 811
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 16.5% of all boys named Bennie (8,705) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s448#194 (1888)#262
1890s902#135 (1894)#171
1900s1,438#130 (1903)#146
1910s5,647#146 (1910)#161
1920s8,595#158 (1929)#170
1930s8,705#155 (1935)#166
1940s8,480#175 (1940)#195
1950s7,182#236 (1951)#266
1960s4,582#329 (1960)#367
1970s2,634#434 (1970)#502
1980s1,689#592 (1981)#695
1990s1,022#857 (1990)#1,162
2000s626#1,609 (2000)#2,008
2010s480#2,212 (2010)#2,601
2020s323#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 1995

girls
#11,783
6 births · 1 in 293,091 girls
boys
#1,159
98 births · 1 in 19,426 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #11,783Bennie6

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #1,159Bennie98
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 293,091 of them was named Bennie, which outranked 25.2% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bennie
  1. #10,514Zola7
  2. #10,514Zoraya7
  3. #10,514Zyaire7
  4. #11,783Bennie6
  5. #11,783Aailyah6
  6. #11,783Aalliyah6
  7. #11,783Aanisah6
  8. #13,386Aailiyah5
  9. #13,386Aalia5
  10. #13,386Aalijah5

Tied with 1,602 names at #11,783; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 19,426 of them was named Bennie, which outranked 88.8% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bennie
  1. #1,151Samual99
  2. #1,151Trystan99
  3. #1,151Yosef99
  4. #1,159Bennie98
  5. #1,159Arnulfo98
  6. #1,159Dajuan98
  7. #1,159Jarett98
  8. #1,172Abdullah97
  9. #1,172Devaughn97
  10. #1,172Haden97

Tied with 12 names at #1,159; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →