Benjy
#8,726 most common boys' name of all time · #22,073 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1936–2025
Rank among boys
#8,726
Rank overall
#22,073 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
362
Since 2016
28
Peak year
1974 #1,683
Best rank
#1,683 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 29/yr
Benjy first appears in 1936. 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 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,029 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,403 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,274 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,388 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,499 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,487 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,296 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,615 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,184 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,608 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,320 |
| 1977 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,703 |
| 1976 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,149 |
| 1975 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,038 |
| 1974 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,683 |
| 1973 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,474 |
| 1972 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,297 |
| 1971 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,425 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,713 |
| 1969 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,990 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,554 |
| 1965 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,728 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,006 |
| 1963 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,829 |
| 1962 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,665 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,645 |
| 1958 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,247 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,788 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,310 |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,933 |
| 1954 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,724 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,375 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,543 |