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.

Benjamen

#2,151 most common boys' name of all time · #5,147 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among boys
#2,151
Rank overall
#5,147 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
3,687
Since 2016
123
Peak year
1990 #1,066
Best rank
#697 1884
Girls Boys peak 99/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Benjamen first appears in 1884. 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 — 7 7 #9,740
2024 — 6 6 #10,967
2023 — 12 12 #6,912
2022 — 5 5 #12,375
2021 — 13 13 #6,347
2020 — 9 9 #8,093
2019 — 13 13 #6,417
2018 — 14 14 #6,048
2017 — 18 18 #5,125
2016 — 26 26 #3,993
2015 — 13 13 #6,339
2014 — 20 20 #4,711
2013 — 29 29 #3,589
2012 — 28 28 #3,721
2011 — 46 46 #2,630
2010 — 39 39 #2,960
2009 — 46 46 #2,666
2008 — 50 50 #2,517
2007 — 42 42 #2,816
2006 — 51 51 #2,403
2005 — 70 70 #1,841
2004 — 52 52 #2,211
2003 — 65 65 #1,819
2002 — 57 57 #1,948
2001 — 67 67 #1,712
2000 — 65 65 #1,727
1999 — 60 60 #1,721
1998 — 72 72 #1,517
1997 — 71 71 #1,486
1996 — 81 81 #1,339
1995 — 61 61 #1,551
1994 — 70 70 #1,401
1993 — 77 77 #1,296
1992 — 64 64 #1,433
1991 — 60 60 #1,468
1990 — 99 99 #1,066
1989 — 88 88 #1,133
1988 — 78 78 #1,132
1987 — 73 73 #1,124
1986 — 72 72 #1,105
1985 — 75 75 #1,069
1984 — 84 84 #970
1983 — 74 74 #1,029
1982 — 80 80 #1,013
1981 — 85 85 #978
1980 — 67 67 #1,104
1979 — 71 71 #1,046
1978 — 88 88 #923
1977 — 88 88 #905
1976 — 85 85 #901
1975 — 58 58 #1,103
1974 — 60 60 #1,067
1973 — 43 43 #1,258
1972 — 26 26 #1,734
1971 — 24 24 #1,832
1970 — 24 24 #1,812
1969 — 17 17 #2,064
1968 — 24 24 #1,625
1967 — 15 15 #2,056
1966 — 12 12 #2,355
1965 — 10 10 #2,641
1964 — 11 11 #2,570
1963 — 19 19 #1,855
1962 — 12 12 #2,398
1961 — 16 16 #2,087
1960 — 18 18 #1,924
1959 — 15 15 #2,137
1958 — 8 8 #3,068
1957 — 14 14 #2,209
1956 — 15 15 #2,116
1955 — 18 18 #1,860
1954 — 21 21 #1,677
1953 — 18 18 #1,853
1952 — 22 22 #1,635
1951 — 17 17 #1,862
1950 — 13 13 #2,135
1949 — 8 8 #2,848
1948 — 17 17 #1,836
1947 — 11 11 #2,384
1946 — 9 9 #2,568
1945 — 13 13 #1,958
1944 — 15 15 #1,831
1943 — 9 9 #2,604
1941 — 8 8 #2,712
1940 — 15 15 #1,824
1939 — 10 10 #2,338
1938 — 6 6 #3,226
1937 — 5 5 #3,586
1936 — 14 14 #1,908
1935 — 11 11 #2,282
1934 — 12 12 #2,159
1933 — 9 9 #2,586
1931 — 13 13 #2,141
1930 — 12 12 #2,328
1929 — 6 6 #3,603
1928 — 14 14 #2,191
1927 — 21 21 #1,714
1926 — 11 11 #2,599
1925 — 12 12 #2,464
1924 — 13 13 #2,379
1923 — 9 9 #2,980
1922 — 15 15 #2,164
1921 — 17 17 #2,000
1920 — 13 13 #2,364
1919 — 16 16 #2,007
1918 — 15 15 #2,102
1917 — 12 12 #2,312
1916 — 14 14 #2,071
1915 — 16 16 #1,810
1914 — 6 6 #2,967
1913 — 8 8 #2,140
1907 — 6 6 #1,276
1894 — 6 6 #1,046
1889 — 5 5 #1,074
1888 — 5 5 #1,129
1887 — 5 5 #1,032
1884 — 9 9 #697