NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Benjy Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Benjy: every year it appeared on the national list since 1936, with 362 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
362
Peak year
1974 #1664
Years on the list
35
10-year trend
-13.3%

In the 1970s ·

Popularity history

1936–2025

YearBirthsRank
197429#1664
197523#2009
197622#2120
197710#3632
19786#5128
19796#5424
20035#11069
20045#11554
20057#9235
20105#12457
20175#12505
20195#12394
20205#12261
20215#12389
20258#9026

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

Where {name} was most used in 1974

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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