Benny
#515 most common boys' name of all time · #1,111 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among boys
#515
Rank overall
#1,111 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
49,144
Since 2016
2,004
Peak year
1948 #189
Best rank
#172 1939
Girls
Boys
peak 1,074/yr
Benny first appears in 1882. 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 | 32 | 293 | 325 | #841 |
| 2024 | 11 | 267 | 278 | #888 |
| 2023 | 9 | 209 | 218 | #1,044 |
| 2022 | 11 | 211 | 222 | #1,045 |
| 2021 | 6 | 217 | 223 | #1,009 |
| 2020 | 6 | 170 | 176 | #1,144 |
| 2019 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,188 |
| 2018 | — | 148 | 148 | #1,245 |
| 2017 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,360 |
| 2016 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,424 |
| 2015 | 5 | 118 | 123 | #1,438 |
| 2014 | 5 | 140 | 145 | #1,273 |
| 2013 | — | 142 | 142 | #1,244 |
| 2012 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | — | 149 | 149 | #1,184 |
| 2010 | — | 153 | 153 | #1,179 |
| 2009 | — | 149 | 149 | #1,209 |
| 2008 | — | 155 | 155 | #1,165 |
| 2007 | — | 193 | 193 | #1,002 |
| 2006 | — | 193 | 193 | #963 |
| 2005 | — | 167 | 167 | #1,015 |
| 2004 | — | 181 | 181 | #935 |
| 2003 | — | 161 | 161 | #986 |
| 2002 | — | 193 | 193 | #859 |
| 2001 | — | 165 | 165 | #942 |
| 2000 | — | 192 | 192 | #835 |
| 1999 | — | 158 | 158 | #928 |
| 1998 | — | 172 | 172 | #849 |
| 1997 | — | 166 | 166 | #853 |
| 1996 | — | 179 | 179 | #803 |
| 1995 | — | 182 | 182 | #796 |
| 1994 | — | 156 | 156 | #858 |
| 1993 | — | 207 | 207 | #722 |
| 1992 | — | 204 | 204 | #723 |
| 1991 | — | 201 | 201 | #715 |
| 1990 | — | 203 | 203 | #715 |
| 1989 | 8 | 211 | 219 | #685 |
| 1988 | — | 192 | 192 | #679 |
| 1987 | — | 211 | 211 | #631 |
| 1986 | — | 212 | 212 | #613 |
| 1985 | — | 213 | 213 | #599 |
| 1984 | — | 211 | 211 | #583 |
| 1983 | 5 | 214 | 219 | #576 |
| 1982 | — | 288 | 288 | #500 |
| 1981 | — | 292 | 292 | #490 |
| 1980 | 6 | 297 | 303 | #491 |
| 1979 | — | 339 | 339 | #436 |
| 1978 | 6 | 318 | 324 | #446 |
| 1977 | — | 300 | 300 | #465 |
| 1976 | 5 | 285 | 290 | #465 |
| 1975 | 5 | 325 | 330 | #437 |
| 1974 | — | 344 | 344 | #424 |
| 1973 | 8 | 303 | 311 | #452 |
| 1972 | 7 | 348 | 355 | #424 |
| 1971 | — | 370 | 370 | #418 |
| 1970 | 5 | 384 | 389 | #415 |
| 1969 | 7 | 397 | 404 | #399 |
| 1968 | 8 | 404 | 412 | #386 |
| 1967 | 7 | 398 | 405 | #373 |
| 1966 | — | 458 | 458 | #349 |
| 1965 | 8 | 514 | 522 | #335 |
| 1964 | 8 | 592 | 600 | #320 |
| 1963 | 7 | 637 | 644 | #314 |
| 1962 | 5 | 752 | 757 | #279 |
| 1961 | 8 | 719 | 727 | #290 |
| 1960 | 11 | 784 | 795 | #282 |
| 1959 | 12 | 845 | 857 | #273 |
| 1958 | 6 | 873 | 879 | #262 |
| 1957 | 8 | 873 | 881 | #255 |
| 1956 | — | 884 | 884 | #245 |
| 1955 | 14 | 822 | 836 | #245 |
| 1954 | 10 | 914 | 924 | #233 |
| 1953 | 8 | 897 | 905 | #225 |
| 1952 | 13 | 896 | 909 | #223 |
| 1951 | 7 | 926 | 933 | #213 |
| 1950 | 7 | 875 | 882 | #215 |
| 1949 | 8 | 969 | 977 | #206 |
| 1948 | 9 | 1,065 | 1,074 | #189 |
| 1947 | 9 | 1,061 | 1,070 | #191 |
| 1946 | 12 | 1,003 | 1,015 | #184 |
| 1945 | 11 | 822 | 833 | #187 |
| 1944 | 11 | 897 | 908 | #181 |
| 1943 | 12 | 960 | 972 | #176 |
| 1942 | 8 | 877 | 885 | #180 |
| 1941 | 8 | 835 | 843 | #181 |
| 1940 | 10 | 814 | 824 | #179 |
| 1939 | 6 | 864 | 870 | #172 |
| 1938 | 15 | 823 | 838 | #179 |
| 1937 | 18 | 760 | 778 | #179 |
| 1936 | 12 | 732 | 744 | #181 |
| 1935 | 12 | 678 | 690 | #190 |
| 1934 | 12 | 684 | 696 | #187 |
| 1933 | 9 | 595 | 604 | #199 |
| 1932 | 15 | 593 | 608 | #211 |
| 1931 | 11 | 601 | 612 | #210 |
| 1930 | 13 | 533 | 546 | #239 |
| 1929 | 15 | 483 | 498 | #255 |
| 1928 | 13 | 460 | 473 | #265 |
| 1927 | 11 | 429 | 440 | #272 |
| 1926 | 11 | 399 | 410 | #286 |
| 1925 | 14 | 394 | 408 | #289 |
| 1924 | 12 | 415 | 427 | #279 |
| 1923 | 8 | 346 | 354 | #305 |
| 1922 | 18 | 299 | 317 | #341 |
| 1921 | 5 | 316 | 321 | #334 |
| 1920 | 7 | 272 | 279 | #363 |
| 1919 | 7 | 275 | 282 | #340 |
| 1918 | — | 282 | 282 | #343 |
| 1917 | 8 | 223 | 231 | #378 |
| 1916 | — | 196 | 196 | #397 |
| 1915 | — | 210 | 210 | #371 |
| 1914 | — | 144 | 144 | #396 |
| 1913 | — | 122 | 122 | #383 |
| 1912 | — | 87 | 87 | #420 |
| 1911 | — | 50 | 50 | #407 |
| 1910 | — | 47 | 47 | #380 |
| 1909 | — | 31 | 31 | #460 |
| 1908 | — | 37 | 37 | #388 |
| 1907 | — | 41 | 41 | #340 |
| 1906 | — | 31 | 31 | #392 |
| 1905 | — | 27 | 27 | #420 |
| 1904 | — | 18 | 18 | #535 |
| 1903 | — | 17 | 17 | #549 |
| 1902 | — | 13 | 13 | #649 |
| 1901 | — | 17 | 17 | #485 |
| 1900 | — | 31 | 31 | #411 |
| 1899 | — | 13 | 13 | #578 |
| 1898 | — | 18 | 18 | #504 |
| 1897 | — | 12 | 12 | #649 |
| 1896 | — | 16 | 16 | #533 |
| 1895 | — | 10 | 10 | #726 |
| 1894 | — | 9 | 9 | #777 |
| 1893 | — | 9 | 9 | #757 |
| 1892 | — | 9 | 9 | #786 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #927 |
| 1890 | — | 7 | 7 | #866 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,059 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #997 |
| 1887 | — | 10 | 10 | #628 |
| 1886 | — | 13 | 13 | #537 |
| 1885 | — | 9 | 9 | #696 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,063 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,030 |