NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Benny Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Benny: every year it appeared on the national list since 1882, with 48,500 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
48,500
Peak year
1948 #189
Years on the list
143
10-year trend
+63.5%

In the 1940s · Most used in TX in {year}

Popularity history

1882–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011149#1186
2012135#1293
2013142#1245
2014140#1273
2015118#1438
2016122#1422
2017131#1360
2018148#1244
2019161#1189
2020170#1144
2021217#1008
2022211#1045
2023209#1044
2024267#888
2025293#841

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

Where {name} was most used in 1948

TX
126
NC
80
CA
70
GA
63
TN
60
AL
59

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