Benjimen
#9,872 most common boys' name of all time · #24,979 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2019
Rank among boys
#9,872
Rank overall
#24,979 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
286
Since 2016
10
Peak year
2009 #7,299
Best rank
#2,666 1953
Girls
Boys
peak 11/yr
Benjimen first appears in 1917. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,325 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,325 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,701 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,252 |
| 2011 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,160 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,406 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,299 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,407 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,275 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,821 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,232 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,102 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,579 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,331 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,115 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,299 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,122 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,813 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,440 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,135 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,603 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,278 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,528 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,806 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,618 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,315 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,014 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,323 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,145 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,526 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,436 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,387 |
| 1953 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,015 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,878 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,465 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,001 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,522 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,071 |
| 1923 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,157 |
| 1919 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,098 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,411 |