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.

Benn

#8,470 most common boys' name of all time · #21,402 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2018

Rank among boys
#8,470
Rank overall
#21,402 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
382
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1980 #3,688
Best rank
#2,886 1955
Girls Boys peak 11/yr
19201940196019802000

Benn first appears in 1915. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2018 — 6 6 #10,874
2017 — 6 6 #10,927
2013 — 6 6 #10,835
2011 — 5 5 #12,432
2010 — 6 6 #10,898
2005 — 6 6 #10,273
2004 — 6 6 #10,078
2003 — 5 5 #11,069
2002 — 5 5 #10,832
1997 — 5 5 #9,421
1996 — 8 8 #6,591
1995 — 6 6 #7,929
1993 — 8 8 #6,322
1992 — 6 6 #7,587
1991 — 8 8 #6,033
1990 — 9 9 #5,463
1989 — 7 7 #6,370
1988 — 7 7 #5,895
1987 — 11 11 #4,024
1986 — 10 10 #4,210
1985 — 7 7 #5,290
1984 — 7 7 #5,118
1982 — 6 6 #5,787
1981 — 11 11 #3,671
1980 — 11 11 #3,688
1979 — 9 9 #4,163
1978 — 8 8 #4,269
1977 — 6 6 #5,309
1976 — 5 5 #5,791
1975 — 7 7 #4,451
1974 — 8 8 #3,948
1972 — 8 8 #3,742
1971 — 6 6 #4,558
1970 — 6 6 #4,399
1968 — 8 8 #3,220
1964 — 5 5 #4,263
1963 — 5 5 #4,289
1960 — 7 7 #3,503
1958 — 5 5 #4,183
1957 — 6 6 #3,785
1956 — 6 6 #3,723
1955 — 9 9 #2,886
1954 — 8 8 #3,089
1953 — 7 7 #3,308
1950 — 5 5 #3,929
1948 — 5 5 #3,973
1947 — 6 6 #3,588
1946 — 6 6 #3,405
1945 — 6 6 #3,217
1942 — 8 8 #2,897
1934 — 5 5 #3,976
1923 — 8 8 #3,388
1918 — 7 7 #3,627
1917 — 6 6 #3,824
1916 — 7 7 #3,439
1915 — 6 6 #3,686