Benjamyn
#8,278 most common boys' name of all time · #20,891 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1978–2025
Rank among boys
#8,278
Rank overall
#20,891 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
398
Since 2016
129
Peak year
2007 #4,889
Best rank
#4,889 2007
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Benjamyn first appears in 1978. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,980 |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,788 |
| 2023 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,336 |
| 2022 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,985 |
| 2021 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,387 |
| 2020 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,556 |
| 2019 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,036 |
| 2018 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,415 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,181 |
| 2016 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,664 |
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,828 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,775 |
| 2013 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,891 |
| 2012 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,370 |
| 2011 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,408 |
| 2010 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,872 |
| 2009 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,012 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,594 |
| 2007 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,889 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,246 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,625 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,318 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,178 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,757 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,668 |
| 2000 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,755 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,476 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,672 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,294 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,390 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,264 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,936 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,198 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,592 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,958 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,027 |