Benny
Benny is ranked 890th among boys in 2024 (265 births). Its best rank was 172nd, in 1939.
- Rank in 2024
- #890outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2650.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19481,065 births
- Best rank
- #172in 1939
- Since 1882
- 48,202people given the name
The story in the numbers
48,202 boys have been named Benny in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1948, with 1,065 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1940s alone account for 19%. It has spent 124 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Benny | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | |
| 1890s | 109 | |
| 1900s | 263 | |
| 1910s | 1,636 | |
| 1920s | 3,813 | |
| 1930s | 6,863 | |
| 1940s | 9,302 | |
| 1950s | 8,806 | |
| 1960s | 5,655 | |
| 1970s | 3,316 | |
| 1980s | 2,341 | |
| 1990s | 1,828 | |
| 2000s | 1,749 | |
| 2010s | 1,398 | |
| 2020s | 1,070 |
In 1948, its biggest year
Benny was the 189th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1948 were James, Robert, John, William and David. See all of 1948.
Names that rose and fell with Benny
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Freddiepeak 1947
- Allanpeak 1947
- Richardpeak 1946
- Geraldpeak 1942
- Teddypeak 1949
- Fredricpeak 1947
- Waynepeak 1947
- Glynnpeak 1950
Other spellings in the data
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.