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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |