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.

Benjamin

#38 most common boys' name of all time · #61 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#38
Rank overall
#61 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
829,312
Since 2016
120,107
Peak year
1989 #29
Best rank
#6 2016
Girls Boys peak 15,788/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Benjamin is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 9,762 9,770 #11
2024 6 9,865 9,871 #11
2023 8 10,224 10,232 #11
2022 10 10,912 10,922 #9
2021 12 11,895 11,907 #7
2020 10 12,264 12,274 #7
2019 14 13,044 13,058 #7
2018 20 13,488 13,508 #6
2017 9 13,858 13,867 #6
2016 12 14,686 14,698 #6
2015 18 13,732 13,750 #10
2014 17 13,830 13,847 #12
2013 19 13,515 13,534 #14
2012 15 12,835 12,850 #16
2011 24 13,082 13,106 #19
2010 23 12,439 12,462 #22
2009 11 13,123 13,134 #19
2008 22 12,958 12,980 #25
2007 17 13,282 13,299 #26
2006 12 13,766 13,778 #24
2005 19 13,586 13,605 #25
2004 67 13,832 13,899 #25
2003 22 14,086 14,108 #24
2002 26 13,492 13,518 #27
2001 17 14,339 14,356 #27
2000 24 14,845 14,869 #26
1999 27 13,666 13,693 #29
1998 17 13,061 13,078 #30
1997 21 13,266 13,287 #29
1996 24 13,784 13,808 #29
1995 23 12,720 12,743 #31
1994 32 12,791 12,823 #31
1993 25 12,686 12,711 #32
1992 29 13,455 13,484 #33
1991 31 13,877 13,908 #33
1990 39 14,633 14,672 #33
1989 55 15,733 15,788 #29
1988 94 15,187 15,281 #30
1987 73 14,892 14,965 #28
1986 85 13,793 13,878 #30
1985 88 13,423 13,511 #31
1984 73 13,266 13,339 #30
1983 96 13,285 13,381 #32
1982 85 13,805 13,890 #33
1981 69 14,360 14,429 #32
1980 80 13,622 13,702 #32
1979 79 12,512 12,591 #33
1978 73 11,414 11,487 #34
1977 63 12,106 12,169 #29
1976 53 10,672 10,725 #32
1975 47 9,544 9,591 #36
1974 38 7,183 7,221 #46
1973 30 5,226 5,256 #55
1972 18 4,498 4,516 #64
1971 27 4,251 4,278 #69
1970 22 3,926 3,948 #81
1969 16 3,379 3,395 #91
1968 22 3,017 3,039 #99
1967 18 2,504 2,522 #119
1966 13 2,377 2,390 #130
1965 15 2,337 2,352 #133
1964 12 2,503 2,515 #131
1963 15 2,348 2,363 #144
1962 15 2,507 2,522 #140
1961 9 2,388 2,397 #146
1960 9 2,249 2,258 #155
1959 9 2,331 2,340 #150
1958 12 2,257 2,269 #150
1957 13 2,489 2,502 #138
1956 5 2,472 2,477 #131
1955 10 2,449 2,459 #132
1954 9 2,452 2,461 #132
1953 11 2,413 2,424 #128
1952 8 2,440 2,448 #122
1951 10 2,345 2,355 #123
1950 8 2,185 2,193 #123
1949 7 2,016 2,023 #135
1948 5 1,963 1,968 #139
1947 7 1,931 1,938 #144
1946 7 1,655 1,662 #146
1945 8 1,562 1,570 #140
1944 8 1,622 1,630 #130
1943 12 1,719 1,731 #130
1942 — 1,692 1,692 #129
1941 8 1,578 1,586 #124
1940 6 1,446 1,452 #128
1939 5 1,423 1,428 #124
1938 8 1,416 1,424 #125
1937 6 1,422 1,428 #119
1936 — 1,354 1,354 #123
1935 7 1,409 1,416 #123
1934 7 1,483 1,490 #117
1933 10 1,413 1,423 #118
1932 12 1,539 1,551 #115
1931 8 1,560 1,568 #113
1930 8 1,594 1,602 #115
1929 17 1,695 1,712 #107
1928 16 1,805 1,821 #106
1927 7 1,925 1,932 #101
1926 13 1,898 1,911 #98
1925 8 2,069 2,077 #93
1924 5 2,221 2,226 #89
1923 5 2,316 2,321 #86
1922 8 2,378 2,386 #82
1921 9 2,412 2,421 #82
1920 6 2,309 2,315 #83
1919 10 2,279 2,289 #79
1918 — 2,431 2,431 #79
1917 5 2,386 2,391 #76
1916 5 2,186 2,191 #79
1915 7 2,241 2,248 #71
1914 5 1,823 1,828 #70
1913 — 1,466 1,466 #70
1912 — 1,272 1,272 #67
1911 — 690 690 #64
1910 — 536 536 #70
1909 — 489 489 #63
1908 — 480 480 #63
1907 — 460 460 #64
1906 — 352 352 #71
1905 — 379 379 #68
1904 — 358 358 #68
1903 — 324 324 #69
1902 — 374 374 #61
1901 — 343 343 #57
1900 — 450 450 #57
1899 — 335 335 #57
1898 — 405 405 #55
1897 — 378 378 #55
1896 — 416 416 #51
1895 — 452 452 #48
1894 — 469 469 #44
1893 — 482 482 #42
1892 — 525 525 #42
1891 — 461 461 #41
1890 — 537 537 #37
1889 — 760 760 #21
1888 — 781 781 #25
1887 — 473 473 #34
1886 — 463 463 #39
1885 — 464 464 #38
1884 — 509 509 #38
1883 — 508 508 #31
1882 — 478 478 #34
1881 — 481 481 #31
1880 — 490 490 #32