Benji
#2,855 most common boys' name of all time · #6,878 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1952–2025
Rank among boys
#2,855
Rank overall
#6,878 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
2,348
Since 2016
950
Peak year
1975 #624
Best rank
#624 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 176/yr
Benji first appears in 1952. 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 | — | 142 | 142 | #1,342 |
| 2024 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,625 |
| 2023 | 5 | 108 | 113 | #1,612 |
| 2022 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,415 |
| 2021 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,874 |
| 2020 | 6 | 103 | 109 | #1,583 |
| 2019 | 5 | 76 | 81 | #1,943 |
| 2018 | — | 73 | 73 | #2,005 |
| 2017 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,098 |
| 2016 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2015 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,366 |
| 2014 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 2013 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,609 |
| 2012 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,906 |
| 2011 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2010 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2009 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,964 |
| 2008 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,139 |
| 2007 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,261 |
| 2006 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,356 |
| 2005 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,103 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,306 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,357 |
| 2002 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,816 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,715 |
| 2000 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,631 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,229 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,450 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,393 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,653 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,566 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,017 |
| 1993 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,490 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,005 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,650 |
| 1990 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,507 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,272 |
| 1988 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,801 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,156 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,546 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,917 |
| 1984 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,036 |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,999 |
| 1982 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,035 |
| 1981 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,749 |
| 1980 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,539 |
| 1979 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,450 |
| 1978 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,096 |
| 1977 | — | 82 | 82 | #946 |
| 1976 | 6 | 96 | 102 | #852 |
| 1975 | 8 | 168 | 176 | #624 |
| 1974 | 6 | 53 | 59 | #1,131 |
| 1973 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #2,376 |
| 1972 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #2,006 |
| 1971 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #3,085 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,860 |
| 1969 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,202 |
| 1968 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,956 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,933 |
| 1966 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,207 |
| 1965 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,984 |
| 1964 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,107 |
| 1963 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1962 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,029 |
| 1961 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,880 |
| 1960 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,206 |
| 1959 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,197 |
| 1958 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,764 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,937 |
| 1956 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,788 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,362 |