Benny
#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births · #840 for boys in 2025, 293 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1939 · 864 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 48,500since 1882
Benny over time
Rank among boys' names. Benny has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 | #840 | 293 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #888 | 267 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #1,044 | 209 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #1,044 | 211 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #1,006 | 217 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #1,144 | 170 |
| 2019 | — | #1,188 | 161 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,244 | 148 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,360 | 131 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,421 | 122 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #1,438 | 118 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,272 | 140 |
| 2013 | — | #1,243 | 142 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,293 | 135 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,183 | 149 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,179 | 153 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,209 | 149 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,165 | 155 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,002 | 193 | |
| 2006 | — | #963 | 193 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,013 | 167 | |
| 2004 | — | #934 | 181 | |
| 2003 | — | #983 | 161 | |
| 2002 | — | #859 | 193 | |
| 2001 | — | #941 | 165 | |
| 2000 | — | #835 | 192 | |
| 1999 | — | #926 | 158 | |
| 1998 | — | #847 | 172 | |
| 1997 | — | #852 | 166 | |
| 1996 | — | #802 | 179 | |
| 1995 | — | #796 | 182 | |
| 1994 | — | #858 | 156 | |
| 1993 | — | #719 | 207 | |
| 1992 | — | #723 | 204 | |
| 1991 | — | #715 | 201 | |
| 1990 | — | #712 | 203 | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #685 | 211 |
| 1988 | — | #678 | 192 | |
| 1987 | — | #629 | 211 | |
| 1986 | — | #613 | 212 | |
| 1985 | — | #599 | 213 | |
| 1984 | — | #582 | 211 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #576 | 214 |
| 1982 | — | #500 | 288 | |
| 1981 | — | #490 | 292 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #491 | 297 |
| 1979 | — | #436 | 339 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #446 | 318 |
| 1977 | — | #465 | 300 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #464 | 285 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #437 | 325 |
| 1974 | — | #424 | 344 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #450 | 303 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #424 | 348 |
| 1971 | — | #418 | 370 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #415 | 384 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #399 | 397 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #386 | 404 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #373 | 398 |
| 1966 | — | #348 | 458 | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #334 | 514 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #320 | 592 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #314 | 637 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #279 | 752 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #290 | 719 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #282 | 784 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #273 | 845 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #262 | 873 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #255 | 873 |
| 1956 | — | #245 | 884 | |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | #245 | 822 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #233 | 914 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #224 | 897 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #223 | 896 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #213 | 926 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #215 | 875 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #206 | 969 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #189 | 1,065 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #191 | 1,061 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #184 | 1,003 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #187 | 822 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #181 | 897 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #176 | 960 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #180 | 877 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #181 | 835 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #178 | 814 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #172 | 864 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #179 | 823 |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | #179 | 760 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #181 | 732 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #190 | 678 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #187 | 684 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #198 | 595 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | #210 | 593 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #210 | 601 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #237 | 533 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | #255 | 483 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #265 | 460 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #272 | 429 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #286 | 399 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #289 | 394 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #279 | 415 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #305 | 346 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #339 | 299 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #333 | 316 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #362 | 272 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #340 | 275 |
| 1918 | — | #342 | 282 | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #377 | 223 |
| 1916 | — | #396 | 196 | |
| 1915 | — | #371 | 210 | |
| 1914 | — | #395 | 144 | |
| 1913 | — | #381 | 122 | |
| 1912 | — | #418 | 87 | |
| 1911 | — | #404 | 50 | |
| 1910 | — | #376 | 47 | |
| 1909 | — | #453 | 31 | |
| 1908 | — | #383 | 37 | |
| 1907 | — | #331 | 41 | |
| 1906 | — | #387 | 31 | |
| 1905 | — | #410 | 27 | |
| 1904 | — | #515 | 18 | |
| 1903 | — | #527 | 17 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #402 | 31 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #485 | 18 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #518 | 16 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Benny! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Benny
- 48 spots since 2024 (#888 → #840)
- 304 spots since 2020 (#1,144 → #840)
- 598 spots since 2015 (#1,438 → #840)
- Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1885 (#971 → #641)
- Biggest drop: 334 spots in 1888 (#583 → #917)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1939 at #172 (864 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1884–2004
- Highest: 1 in 1,281 boys born in 1939 were named Benny (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,830 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 19.2% of all boys named Benny (9,303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #512 (1886) | #792 |
| 1890s | 109 | #485 (1898) | #669 |
| 1900s | 263 | #331 (1907) | #449 |
| 1910s | 1,636 | #340 (1919) | #380 |
| 1920s | 3,813 | #255 (1929) | #299 |
| 1930s | 6,863 | #172 (1939) | #194 |
| 1940s | 9,303 | #176 (1943) | #185 |
| 1950s | 8,805 | #213 (1951) | #239 |
| 1960s | 5,655 | #279 (1962) | #333 |
| 1970s | 3,316 | #415 (1970) | #438 |
| 1980s | 2,341 | #490 (1981) | #584 |
| 1990s | 1,828 | #712 (1990) | #795 |
| 2000s | 1,749 | #835 (2000) | #990 |
| 2010s | 1,399 | #1,179 (2010) | #1,282 |
| 2020s | 1,367 | #840 (2025) | #994 |
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.
Benny in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 255,310 of them was named Benny, which outranked 25.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,649Yomaira7
- #7,649Yoshika7
- #7,649Yumeka7
- #8,562Benny6
- #8,562Aba6
- #8,562Adama6
- #8,562Adebola6
- #9,750Abena5
- #9,750Abigayle5
- #9,750Abrian5
Tied with 1,187 names at #8,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 5,163 of them was named Benny, which outranked 93.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.