Bynum

Last seen for boys in 1952 at #3,373

Peak · boys
1899 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
223
since 1899

Bynum over time

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Rank among boys' names. Bynum has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #928, 1899boys
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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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1952#3,3736
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1944#3,1096
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1938#2,8687
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1936#3,1476
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1934#2,7428
1933#2,5429
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1931#3,7635
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1929#2,9808
1928#2,04815
1927#3,7806
1926#2,56611
1925#2,43512
1924#2,04316
1923#2,22414
1922#3,5327
1921#2,80410
1920#2,60211
1919#2,51111
1918#2,69910
1917#2,7329
1916#3,1777
1915#2,8298
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1913#2,2737
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1899#9286
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five boys were named Bynum! It came in at #928, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1912, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Bynum
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1952
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1899 at #928 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1900, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,702
  • Highest: 1 in 17,702 boys born in 1899 were named Bynum (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 323,939 boys born in 1952 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 49.3% of all boys named Bynum (110) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#928 (1899)#928
1900s0
1910s52#2,273 (1913)#2,704
1920s110#2,043 (1924)#2,701
1930s35#2,542 (1933)#3,012
1940s6#3,109 (1944)#3,109
1950s14#2,770 (1950)#3,072

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.

Bynum in 1899

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#928
6 births · 1 in 17,702 boys

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #928Bynum6
More about 1899

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 17,702 of them was named Bynum, which outranked 22.7% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bynum
  1. #857Vaughn7
  2. #857Vic7
  3. #857Viola7
  4. #928Bynum6
  5. #928Alberto6
  6. #928Alcide6
  7. #928Alferd6
  8. #1,051Ace5
  9. #1,051Acy5
  10. #1,051Adelard5

Tied with 122 names at #928; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. 640Rogers#1,121#481
  2. 600Edna#1,121#521
  3. 545Giles#1,002#457
  4. 508Sarah#1,121#613
  5. 461Thaddeus#885#424
Fallers
  1. 566Jason#485#1,051
  2. 564Fitzhugh#364#928
  3. 508Oran#543#1,051
  4. 493Wilber#435#928
  5. 443Hosea#485#928

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

See the top 100 for 1899