Benjamin Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Benjamin: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 826,830 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

826,830

Peak year

1989 #29

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-21.8%

In the 1980s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	13,082	#19
2012	12,835	#16
2013	13,515	#14
2014	13,830	#12
2015	13,732	#10
2016	14,686	#6
2017	13,858	#6
2018	13,488	#6
2019	13,044	#7
2020	12,264	#7
2021	11,895	#7
2022	10,912	#9
2023	10,224	#11
2024	9,865	#11
2025	9,762	#11

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1989

1,434

897

827

771

762

672

Names from the same era

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