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.

Benzion

#4,570 most common boys' name of all time · #11,258 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1955–2025

Rank among boys
#4,570
Rank overall
#11,258 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
1,084
Since 2016
285
Peak year
2024 #3,178
Best rank
#2,146 1985
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
1960198020002020

Benzion first appears in 1955. 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 #3,684
2024 — 38 38 #3,178
2023 — 23 23 #4,493
2022 — 26 26 #4,111
2021 — 29 29 #3,768
2020 — 15 15 #5,758
2019 — 35 35 #3,279
2018 — 29 29 #3,731
2017 — 33 33 #3,391
2016 — 27 27 #3,906
2015 — 33 33 #3,384
2014 — 30 30 #3,554
2013 — 31 31 #3,430
2012 — 19 19 #4,908
2011 — 21 21 #4,543
2010 — 12 12 #6,777
2009 — 24 24 #4,192
2008 — 24 24 #4,183
2007 — 15 15 #5,712
2006 — 11 11 #7,023
2005 — 19 19 #4,510
2004 — 19 19 #4,475
2003 — 20 20 #4,167
2002 — 21 21 #3,949
2001 — 21 21 #3,882
2000 — 21 21 #3,822
1999 — 16 16 #4,401
1998 — 15 15 #4,476
1997 — 17 17 #3,938
1996 — 10 10 #5,675
1995 — 17 17 #3,756
1994 — 14 14 #4,373
1993 — 13 13 #4,533
1992 — 13 13 #4,407
1991 — 21 21 #3,033
1990 — 17 17 #3,533
1989 — 13 13 #4,140
1988 — 11 11 #4,302
1987 — 24 24 #2,369
1986 — 18 18 #2,833
1985 — 26 26 #2,146
1984 — 22 22 #2,337
1983 — 20 20 #2,462
1982 — 16 16 #2,907
1981 — 6 6 #5,806
1980 — 11 11 #3,734
1979 — 12 12 #3,476
1978 — 19 19 #2,443
1977 — 18 18 #2,531
1976 — 9 9 #3,881
1975 — 12 12 #3,188
1974 — 11 11 #3,249
1973 — 13 13 #2,818
1971 — 5 5 #5,333
1970 — 5 5 #5,154
1968 — 6 6 #4,009
1966 — 5 5 #4,391
1962 — 6 6 #3,961
1958 — 7 7 #3,535
1957 — 5 5 #4,488
1955 — 5 5 #4,350