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.

Bennie*

#440 most common boys' name of all time · #963 across all names · 84% male / 16% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#440
Rank overall
#963 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
62,689
Since 2016
733
Peak year
1929 #158
Best rank
#130 1903
Girls Boys peak 1,215/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Bennie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 61 53 114 #2,516
2024 27 54 81 #2,502
2023 30 52 82 #2,541
2022 32 61 93 #2,327
2021 25 49 74 #2,624
2020 15 54 69 #2,419
2019 12 44 56 #2,809
2018 12 38 50 #3,055
2017 8 46 54 #2,673
2016 12 48 60 #2,587
2015 6 52 58 #2,430
2014 7 40 47 #2,885
2013 9 55 64 #2,299
2012 6 44 50 #2,716
2011 54 54 #2,346
2010 59 59 #2,212
2009 49 49 #2,560
2008 54 54 #2,374
2007 55 55 #2,337
2006 72 72 #1,877
2005 55 55 #2,182
2004 70 70 #1,785
2003 54 54 #2,077
2002 72 72 #1,647
2001 5 72 77 #1,629
2000 73 73 #1,609
1999 76 76 #1,489
1998 74 74 #1,488
1997 95 95 #1,227
1996 89 89 #1,246
1995 6 98 104 #1,159
1994 110 110 #1,063
1993 106 106 #1,085
1992 105 105 #1,068
1991 127 127 #939
1990 142 142 #857
1989 7 149 156 #811
1988 6 145 151 #783
1987 5 149 154 #749
1986 162 162 #710
1985 7 143 150 #741
1984 7 159 166 #689
1983 8 166 174 #664
1982 7 199 206 #609
1981 10 209 219 #592
1980 10 208 218 #602
1979 15 249 264 #537
1978 5 246 251 #523
1977 14 237 251 #540
1976 15 219 234 #543
1975 17 261 278 #493
1974 6 245 251 #506
1973 20 245 265 #499
1972 13 270 283 #478
1971 16 312 328 #463
1970 25 350 375 #434
1969 23 331 354 #436
1968 27 376 403 #402
1967 20 369 389 #397
1966 28 443 471 #357
1965 29 448 477 #363
1964 41 513 554 #348
1963 34 520 554 #339
1962 51 513 564 #346
1961 46 519 565 #348
1960 55 550 605 #329
1959 63 598 661 #318
1958 75 640 715 #297
1957 80 658 738 #291
1956 93 732 825 #270
1955 107 722 829 #258
1954 98 746 844 #258
1953 118 772 890 #242
1952 125 748 873 #249
1951 138 808 946 #236
1950 121 758 879 #238
1949 143 808 951 #225
1948 145 835 980 #223
1947 152 923 1,075 #209
1946 183 885 1,068 #196
1945 185 793 978 #190
1944 216 820 1,036 #188
1943 236 849 1,085 #189
1942 216 885 1,101 #177
1941 202 837 1,039 #180
1940 195 845 1,040 #175
1939 188 877 1,065 #168
1938 211 872 1,083 #170
1937 213 885 1,098 #166
1936 213 888 1,101 #162
1935 241 934 1,175 #155
1934 228 813 1,041 #173
1933 218 815 1,033 #169
1932 238 883 1,121 #167
1931 222 822 1,044 #169
1930 204 916 1,120 #162
1929 256 959 1,215 #158
1928 226 832 1,058 #174
1927 220 851 1,071 #174
1926 207 865 1,072 #169
1925 254 897 1,151 #168
1924 199 873 1,072 #168
1923 192 772 964 #182
1922 212 915 1,127 #166
1921 165 775 940 #181
1920 166 856 1,022 #161
1919 179 834 1,013 #162
1918 181 819 1,000 #167
1917 141 730 871 #172
1916 118 720 838 #169
1915 136 663 799 #171
1914 104 598 702 #154
1913 101 446 547 #159
1912 70 392 462 #154
1911 72 227 299 #151
1910 65 218 283 #146
1909 49 187 236 #140
1908 49 158 207 #149
1907 45 145 190 #157
1906 43 133 176 #151
1905 32 136 168 #152
1904 34 158 192 #134
1903 37 144 181 #130
1902 33 124 157 #147
1901 27 100 127 #155
1900 41 153 194 #142
1899 22 94 116 #160
1898 26 116 142 #146
1897 25 96 121 #161
1896 24 96 120 #164
1895 26 82 108 #188
1894 19 121 140 #135
1893 28 78 106 #186
1892 21 90 111 #175
1891 21 75 96 #171
1890 18 54 72 #224
1889 17 66 83 #197
1888 35 77 112 #194
1887 10 48 58 #227
1886 22 43 65 #258
1885 14 51 65 #230
1884 17 51 68 #235
1883 6 21 27 #371
1882 7 33 40 #298
1881 9 32 41 #276
1880 8 26 34 #334