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.

Benoit

#8,419 most common boys' name of all time · #21,259 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#8,419
Rank overall
#21,259 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
386
Since 2016
33
Peak year
1922 #2,320
Best rank
#2,320 1922
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
192019401960198020002020

Benoit first appears in 1912. 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
2025 — 13 13 #6,483
2023 — 12 12 #6,930
2016 — 8 8 #8,872
2015 — 7 7 #9,649
2013 — 6 6 #10,803
2012 — 5 5 #12,365
2009 — 5 5 #12,618
2007 — 5 5 #12,495
2005 — 8 8 #8,375
2004 — 7 7 #9,020
2003 — 10 10 #6,771
2002 — 7 7 #8,545
2000 — 8 8 #7,486
1999 — 6 6 #8,804
1990 — 5 5 #8,281
1988 — 7 7 #5,860
1987 — 7 7 #5,554
1986 — 6 6 #6,047
1985 — 8 8 #4,784
1984 — 6 6 #5,695
1982 — 6 6 #5,747
1980 — 5 5 #6,409
1975 — 6 6 #4,927
1973 — 7 7 #4,148
1969 — 6 6 #4,068
1963 — 8 8 #3,165
1960 — 5 5 #4,219
1948 — 5 5 #3,860
1947 — 8 8 #2,988
1943 — 5 5 #3,728
1942 — 5 5 #3,736
1938 — 6 6 #3,354
1935 — 9 9 #2,648
1934 — 5 5 #3,849
1932 — 7 7 #3,228
1931 — 7 7 #3,223
1930 — 8 8 #3,167
1929 — 10 10 #2,704
1928 — 6 6 #3,847
1927 — 5 5 #4,366
1926 — 7 7 #3,510
1925 — 6 6 #3,883
1924 — 5 5 #4,515
1923 — 5 5 #4,425
1922 — 14 14 #2,320
1921 — 9 9 #3,086
1920 — 11 11 #2,706
1919 — 6 6 #3,878
1918 — 7 7 #3,503
1917 — 8 8 #3,083
1916 — 10 10 #2,669
1915 — 7 7 #3,213
1914 — 6 6 #3,086
1913 — 5 5 #3,037
1912 — 5 5 #2,737