Benford
#8,678 most common boys' name of all time · #21,928 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1988
Rank among boys
#8,678
Rank overall
#21,928 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
366
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #2,511
Best rank
#2,313 1941
Girls
Boys
peak 12/yr
Benford first appears in 1915. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,457 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,665 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,797 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,557 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,616 |
| 1967 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,557 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,116 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,473 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,289 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,454 |
| 1958 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,166 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,241 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,112 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,071 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,628 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,250 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,561 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,957 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,412 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,023 |
| 1946 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,380 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,216 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,705 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,842 |
| 1942 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,049 |
| 1939 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,042 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,099 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,597 |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,506 |
| 1934 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,932 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,859 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,275 |
| 1928 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,505 |
| 1927 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,511 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,104 |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,734 |
| 1924 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,793 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,076 |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,167 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,616 |
| 1919 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,853 |
| 1918 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,863 |
| 1917 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,556 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,438 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,685 |