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.

Benuel

#4,963 most common boys' name of all time · #12,272 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1945–2025

Rank among boys
#4,963
Rank overall
#12,272 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
949
Since 2016
258
Peak year
2021 #3,451
Best rank
#2,433 1966
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
1960198020002020

Benuel first appears in 1945. 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 — 30 30 #3,682
2024 — 31 31 #3,630
2023 — 28 28 #3,914
2022 — 32 32 #3,555
2021 — 33 33 #3,451
2020 — 25 25 #4,045
2019 — 17 17 #5,379
2018 — 20 20 #4,787
2017 — 26 26 #4,026
2016 — 16 16 #5,622
2015 — 29 29 #3,705
2014 — 21 21 #4,583
2013 — 21 21 #4,502
2012 — 17 17 #5,311
2011 — 20 20 #4,692
2010 — 17 17 #5,301
2009 — 22 22 #4,465
2008 — 18 18 #5,097
2007 — 14 14 #5,973
2006 — 14 14 #5,853
2005 — 17 17 #4,877
2004 — 16 16 #5,072
2003 — 16 16 #4,867
2002 — 21 21 #3,942
2001 — 12 12 #5,754
2000 — 15 15 #4,856
1999 — 23 23 #3,402
1998 — 14 14 #4,703
1997 — 16 16 #4,103
1996 — 19 19 #3,581
1995 — 16 16 #3,914
1994 — 17 17 #3,799
1993 — 17 17 #3,722
1992 — 10 10 #5,353
1991 — 13 13 #4,316
1990 — 8 8 #6,004
1989 — 14 14 #3,888
1988 — 12 12 #3,994
1987 — 12 12 #3,821
1986 — 13 13 #3,522
1985 — 5 5 #6,880
1984 — 10 10 #4,044
1983 — 13 13 #3,310
1982 — 6 6 #5,892
1981 — 9 9 #4,305
1980 — 8 8 #4,673
1979 — 7 7 #5,045
1978 — 9 9 #3,987
1977 — 15 15 #2,853
1976 — 6 6 #5,226
1975 — 8 8 #4,114
1974 — 5 5 #5,548
1973 — 5 5 #5,448
1972 — 8 8 #3,810
1970 — 6 6 #4,498
1969 — 6 6 #4,233
1968 — 7 7 #3,564
1967 — 7 7 #3,452
1966 — 12 12 #2,433
1965 — 5 5 #4,256
1964 — 6 6 #3,913
1961 — 5 5 #4,462
1959 — 5 5 #4,422
1952 — 5 5 #4,172
1950 — 5 5 #4,119
1946 — 8 8 #2,916
1945 — 6 6 #3,326