Benjamen
Benjamen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 667th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199099 births
- Best rank
- #667in 1884
- Since 1884
- 3,680people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,680 boys have been named Benjamen in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 99 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 99 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 21%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Benjamen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | |
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 87 | |
| 1920s | 131 | |
| 1930s | 92 | |
| 1940s | 105 | |
| 1950s | 161 | |
| 1960s | 154 | |
| 1970s | 567 | |
| 1980s | 776 | |
| 1990s | 715 | |
| 2000s | 565 | |
| 2010s | 246 | |
| 2020s | 45 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Benjamen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Benjamen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mathewpeak 1990
- Andrewpeak 1987
- Marcuspeak 1984
- Aaronpeak 1989
- Jarvispeak 1989
- Antoniopeak 1997
- Terrellpeak 1989
- Mariopeak 1980
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.