Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Banjamin

#9,553 most common boys' name of all time · #24,191 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2017

Rank among boys
#9,553
Rank overall
#24,191 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
303
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1987 #2,135
Best rank
#2,135 1987
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
19201940196019802000

Banjamin first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2017 6 6 #10,915
2016 6 6 #10,864
2015 5 5 #12,222
2007 5 5 #12,522
1999 5 5 #10,074
1996 7 7 #7,239
1995 11 11 #5,185
1994 7 7 #7,061
1993 8 8 #6,311
1992 9 9 #5,727
1991 11 11 #4,830
1990 13 13 #4,221
1989 19 19 #3,129
1988 23 23 #2,543
1987 28 28 #2,135
1986 15 15 #3,168
1985 14 14 #3,270
1984 10 10 #3,994
1983 17 17 #2,712
1982 13 13 #3,338
1981 13 13 #3,277
1980 10 10 #3,917
1979 7 7 #4,958
1978 8 8 #4,258
1977 8 8 #4,263
1976 8 8 #4,119
1974 5 5 #5,394
1972 7 7 #4,098
1914 5 5 #3,542