Binnie

Last seen for girls in 1955 at #5,828 · Last seen for boys in 1956 at #3,942
Given to girls 78.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1942 · 28 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
369
since 1915

Binnie over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #1,559, 1942peak #2,905, 1937girlsboys
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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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1956#3,9425
1955#5,8285
1954#4,6557
1953#4,2268
1952#3,7969
1951#3,48210
1950#3,6629
1949#2,62015#3,6905
1948#3,5939
1947#2,89813
1946#3,03411#3,1736
1945#2,74211#3,3385
1944#2,51113
1943#3,04010#3,2316
1942#1,55928#2,9407
1941#2,01817
1940#1,90018#3,4595
1939#1,94717
1938#2,9409
1937#1,73520#2,9057
1936#2,52111#3,5495
1935#1,91717#2,9517
1934#3,8026#3,6795
1933#4,2185
1932#3,5687
1931#3,2268
1930#4,0476
1929#3,6827#3,2477
1928#4,1515
1927#3,5618
1926#3,8737#4,2015
1925#3,4087
1924#3,3939
1923#4,3766
1922#4,4456
1921#5,0995
1920#3,5988#3,2088
1919#4,1685
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1917#3,0929
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1915#4,2745
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Binnie! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Binnie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1955
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1942 at #1,559 (28 births)
  • Births halved by 1943, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 48,240
  • Highest: 1 in 48,240 girls born in 1942 were named Binnie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 391,055 girls born in 1955 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 39.3% of all girls named Binnie (145) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1956
  • Mostly girls until 1955, mostly boys since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s14#3,092 (1917)#3,683
1920s56#3,393 (1924)#4,003
1930s106#1,735 (1937)#2,992
1940s145#1,559 (1942)#2,592
1950s48#3,482 (1951)#4,275

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Binnie in 1942

girls
#1,559
28 births · 1 in 48,240 girls
boys
#2,940
7 births · 1 in 197,309 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #1,559Binnie28

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #2,940Binnie7
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 48,240 of them was named Binnie, which outranked 71.0% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Binnie
  1. #1,533Velia29
  2. #1,533Vernetta29
  3. #1,533Zula29
  4. #1,559Binnie28
  5. #1,559Arlyne28
  6. #1,559Blanca28
  7. #1,559Clarine28
  8. #1,592Birtha27
  9. #1,592Carline27
  10. #1,592Celine27

Tied with 32 names at #1,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

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

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 197,309 of them was named Binnie, which outranked 27.3% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Binnie
  1. #2,712Zebedee8
  2. #2,712Zebulon8
  3. #2,712Zollie8
  4. #2,940Binnie7
  5. #2,940Abbie7
  6. #2,940Abie7
  7. #2,940Acy7
  8. #3,212Able6
  9. #3,212Abran6
  10. #3,212Acey6

Tied with 271 names at #2,940; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 2,993Macarthur#3,505#512
  2. 1,546Mcarthur#1,903#357
  3. 655Collin#1,588#933
  4. 514Delmas#1,254#740
  5. 390Colin#713#323
Fallers
  1. 525Otho#971#1,496
  2. 440Florian#918#1,358
  3. 421Martha#960#1,381
  4. 407Watson#951#1,358
  5. 371Gaylen#987#1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942