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Benjamin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 9,762 in 2025. Its best rank was #6 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #6 in 2018; #11 in 2025. About 99.9% of babies named Benjamin in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#11 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #6.
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Benjamin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 9,762 boys in 2025. Peak: #6 in 2018 · most boys in one year: 15,733 (1989).
In 2025, 9,762 US boys were named Benjamin, making it the 11th most common boys’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 103 fewer than the 9,865 boys named Benjamin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #6, reached in 2018. The most boys given the name in a single year was 15,733, in 1989. For comparison, it was #10 in 2015 and #123 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Benjamin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 490 babies with the name. In all, 829,312 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 142,164 babies named Benjamin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 119,998 US boys were named Benjamin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 14,686. In 2025 that was about 1 in 175 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Benjamin ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #6 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Benjiman (4,307 babies since 1880) and Benjamen (3,687 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Benjaman, Benjamine and Benjamyn are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ben, Benjy, Bennie, Benny and Jamie.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Benjaman (2,024), Benjamine (1,807), Benjamyn (398), Benjimen (286), Benjimin (284), Beniamin (33), Benjahmin (15), Benjamon (14), Benjemin (13), Bennjamin (10), Benjeman (5), Benjammin (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 259 | #6 | #4 |
| Rhode Island | 45 | #6 | #7 |
| Pennsylvania | 405 | #7 | #7 |
| Massachusetts | 312 | #7 | #1 |
| Delaware | 34 | #7 | #9 |
| Oregon | 123 | #7 | #11 |
| Nebraska | 69 | #9 | #12 |
| Indiana | 226 | #9 | #13 |
| California | 1,257 | #9 | #15 |
| Illinois | 365 | #9 | #6 |
| Florida | 660 | #9 | #21 |
| Connecticut | 116 | #11 | #6 |
| Alaska | 28 | #11 | #16 |
| Idaho | 74 | #11 | #18 |
| Virginia | 267 | #11 | #9 |
| New Jersey | 299 | #12 | #14 |
| New Hampshire | 54 | #12 | #2 |
| Michigan | 263 | #13 | #7 |
| Maine | 38 | #13 | #13 |
| Georgia | 272 | #14 | #26 |
| Ohio | 336 | #14 | #10 |
| Arkansas | 89 | #15 | #14 |
| New Mexico | 49 | #15 | #31 |
| New York | 573 | #16 | #17 |
| Wisconsin | 165 | #16 | #10 |
| Colorado | 184 | #16 | #6 |
| North Carolina | 300 | #16 | #17 |
| Missouri | 174 | #16 | #17 |
| Kansas | 91 | #16 | #10 |
| Arizona | 203 | #18 | #13 |
| Minnesota | 147 | #18 | #12 |
| Maryland | 137 | #18 | #11 |
| Montana | 33 | #18 | #22 |
| Vermont | 15 | #19 | #17 |
| Texas | 929 | #19 | #24 |
| Tennessee | 214 | #19 | #20 |
| Utah | 122 | #20 | #9 |
| Alabama | 120 | #21 | #25 |
| Nevada | 71 | #21 | #15 |
| District of Columbia | 23 | #22 | #9 |
| Louisiana | 95 | #26 | #32 |
| Kentucky | 117 | #26 | #28 |
| Iowa | 75 | #27 | #19 |
| Wyoming | 12 | #27 | #3 |
| Oklahoma | 96 | #27 | #11 |
| South Carolina | 105 | #30 | #12 |
| South Dakota | 24 | #32 | #9 |
| North Dakota | 20 | #45 | #42 |
| West Virginia | 29 | #54 | #18 |
| Mississippi | 37 | #59 | #42 |
| Hawaii | 11 | #79 | #36 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,099 | 9,762 | #11 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,741 | 9,865 | #11 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,349 | 10,224 | #11 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,798 | 10,912 | #9 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,558 | 11,895 | #7 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,662 | 12,264 | #7 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,801 | 13,044 | #7 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,050 | 13,488 | #6 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,829 | 13,858 | #6 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,981 | 14,686 | #6 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,764 | 13,732 | #10 |
| 2014 | 17 | #7,037 | 13,830 | #12 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,511 | 13,515 | #14 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,870 | 12,835 | #16 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,572 | 13,082 | #19 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,805 | 12,439 | #22 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,081 | 13,123 | #19 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,159 | 12,958 | #25 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,439 | 13,282 | #26 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,381 | 13,766 | #24 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,304 | 13,586 | #25 |
| 2004 | 67 | #2,509 | 13,832 | #25 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,447 | 14,086 | #24 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,653 | 13,492 | #27 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,368 | 14,339 | #27 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,811 | 14,845 | #26 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,213 | 13,666 | #29 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,841 | 13,061 | #30 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,847 | 13,266 | #29 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,322 | 13,784 | #29 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,362 | 12,720 | #31 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,457 | 12,791 | #31 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,109 | 12,686 | #32 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,695 | 13,455 | #33 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,454 | 13,877 | #33 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,907 | 14,633 | #33 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,197 | 15,733 | #29 |
| 1988 | 94 | #1,456 | 15,187 | #30 |
| 1987 | 73 | #1,663 | 14,892 | #28 |
| 1986 | 85 | #1,474 | 13,793 | #30 |
| 1985 | 88 | #1,432 | 13,423 | #31 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,552 | 13,266 | #30 |
| 1983 | 96 | #1,278 | 13,285 | #32 |
| 1982 | 85 | #1,429 | 13,805 | #33 |
| 1981 | 69 | #1,664 | 14,360 | #32 |
| 1980 | 80 | #1,494 | 13,622 | #32 |
| 1979 | 79 | #1,497 | 12,512 | #33 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,523 | 11,414 | #34 |
| 1977 | 63 | #1,663 | 12,106 | #29 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,778 | 10,672 | #32 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,910 | 9,544 | #36 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,136 | 7,183 | #46 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,462 | 5,226 | #55 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,408 | 4,498 | #64 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,666 | 4,251 | #69 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,038 | 3,926 | #81 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,473 | 3,379 | #91 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,715 | 3,017 | #99 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,972 | 2,504 | #119 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,570 | 2,377 | #130 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,275 | 2,337 | #133 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,888 | 2,503 | #131 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,349 | 2,348 | #144 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,300 | 2,507 | #140 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,563 | 2,388 | #146 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,466 | 2,249 | #155 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,322 | 2,331 | #150 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,559 | 2,257 | #150 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,326 | 2,489 | #138 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,022 | 2,472 | #131 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,799 | 2,449 | #132 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,997 | 2,452 | #132 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,498 | 2,413 | #128 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,152 | 2,440 | #122 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,506 | 2,345 | #123 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,986 | 2,185 | #123 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,275 | 2,016 | #135 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,303 | 1,963 | #139 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,381 | 1,931 | #144 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,026 | 1,655 | #146 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,410 | 1,562 | #140 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,403 | 1,622 | #130 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,714 | 1,719 | #130 |
| 1942 | — | — | 1,692 | #129 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,273 | 1,578 | #124 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,904 | 1,446 | #128 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,313 | 1,423 | #124 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,202 | 1,416 | #125 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,847 | 1,422 | #119 |
| 1936 | — | — | 1,354 | #123 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,454 | 1,409 | #123 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,481 | 1,483 | #117 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,704 | 1,413 | #118 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,508 | 1,539 | #115 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,251 | 1,560 | #113 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,384 | 1,594 | #115 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,016 | 1,695 | #107 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,199 | 1,805 | #106 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,906 | 1,925 | #101 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,583 | 1,898 | #98 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,697 | 2,069 | #93 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,153 | 2,221 | #89 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,046 | 2,316 | #86 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,697 | 2,378 | #82 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,436 | 2,412 | #82 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,443 | 2,309 | #83 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,029 | 2,279 | #79 |
| 1918 | — | — | 2,431 | #79 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,668 | 2,386 | #76 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,492 | 2,186 | #79 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,470 | 2,241 | #71 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,683 | 1,823 | #70 |
| 1913 | — | — | 1,466 | #70 |
| 1912 | — | — | 1,272 | #67 |
| 1911 | — | — | 690 | #64 |
| 1910 | — | — | 536 | #70 |
| 1909 | — | — | 489 | #63 |
| 1908 | — | — | 480 | #63 |
| 1907 | — | — | 460 | #64 |
| 1906 | — | — | 352 | #71 |
| 1905 | — | — | 379 | #68 |
| 1904 | — | — | 358 | #68 |
| 1903 | — | — | 324 | #69 |
| 1902 | — | — | 374 | #61 |
| 1901 | — | — | 343 | #56 |
| 1900 | — | — | 450 | #57 |
| 1899 | — | — | 335 | #57 |
| 1898 | — | — | 405 | #55 |
| 1897 | — | — | 378 | #54 |
| 1896 | — | — | 416 | #51 |
| 1895 | — | — | 452 | #48 |
| 1894 | — | — | 469 | #44 |
| 1893 | — | — | 482 | #42 |
| 1892 | — | — | 525 | #42 |
| 1891 | — | — | 461 | #41 |
| 1890 | — | — | 537 | #37 |
| 1889 | — | — | 760 | #21 |
| 1888 | — | — | 781 | #25 |
| 1887 | — | — | 473 | #34 |
| 1886 | — | — | 463 | #39 |
| 1885 | — | — | 464 | #38 |
| 1884 | — | — | 509 | #38 |
| 1883 | — | — | 508 | #31 |
| 1882 | — | — | 478 | #34 |
| 1881 | — | — | 481 | #31 |
| 1880 | — | — | 490 | #32 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).