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.

Benaiah

#2,801 most common boys' name of all time · #6,745 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1976–2025

Rank among boys
#2,801
Rank overall
#6,745 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
2,421
Since 2016
1,429
Peak year
2025 #1,172
Best rank
#1,172 2025
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 181/yr
198020002020

Benaiah first appears in 1976. 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
2025 5 176 181 #1,172
2024 — 159 159 #1,247
2023 — 120 120 #1,495
2022 — 133 133 #1,401
2021 — 166 166 #1,186
2020 — 122 122 #1,421
2019 — 158 158 #1,211
2018 — 134 134 #1,346
2017 — 128 128 #1,382
2016 — 128 128 #1,385
2015 — 121 121 #1,424
2014 — 97 97 #1,614
2013 — 87 87 #1,700
2012 — 95 95 #1,634
2011 — 67 67 #2,025
2010 — 61 61 #2,175
2009 — 47 47 #2,649
2008 — 41 41 #2,916
2007 — 40 40 #2,950
2006 — 35 35 #3,123
2005 — 26 26 #3,667
2004 — 16 16 #5,134
2003 — 17 17 #4,719
2002 — 16 16 #4,798
2001 — 13 13 #5,521
2000 — 13 13 #5,431
1999 — 17 17 #4,275
1998 — 13 13 #5,028
1997 — 15 15 #4,378
1996 — 17 17 #3,958
1995 — 8 8 #6,692
1994 — 10 10 #5,693
1993 — 12 12 #4,894
1992 — 7 7 #7,037
1991 — 12 12 #4,673
1990 — 7 7 #6,839
1989 — 10 10 #5,044
1988 — 6 6 #6,915
1987 — 8 8 #5,314
1986 — 5 5 #7,373
1985 — 6 6 #6,264
1983 — 9 9 #4,448
1982 — 7 7 #5,478
1981 — 7 7 #5,354
1979 — 6 6 #5,916
1978 — 6 6 #5,638
1977 — 5 5 #6,622
1976 — 7 7 #4,893