Meaning not yet researched.
Benjiman: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 11 in 2025. Its best rank was #234 in 1888.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #234 in 1888; #7,258 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Benjiman in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,258 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, at #234.
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Benjiman: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 11 boys in 2025. Peak: #234 in 1888 · most boys in one year: 89 (1921).
In 2025, 11 US boys were named Benjiman, making it the 7,258th most common boys’ name of the year, up 2,781 places from #10,039 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 7 boys named Benjiman in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #234, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 89, in 1921. For comparison, it was #4,307 in 2015 and #1,821 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Benjiman in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 28 babies with the name. In all, 4,307 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 636 babies named Benjiman.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 145 US boys were named Benjiman; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 19. In 2025 that was about 1 in 155,280 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Benjamin (829,312 babies since 1880) and Benjamen (3,687 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
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.
No nicknames listed for Benjiman in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 11 | #7,258 |
| 2024 | — | — | 7 | #10,039 |
| 2023 | — | — | 10 | #7,807 |
| 2022 | — | — | 13 | #6,529 |
| 2021 | — | — | 15 | #5,800 |
| 2020 | — | — | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2019 | — | — | 19 | #4,983 |
| 2018 | — | — | 17 | #5,348 |
| 2017 | — | — | 17 | #5,318 |
| 2016 | — | — | 18 | #5,155 |
| 2015 | — | — | 23 | #4,307 |
| 2014 | — | — | 21 | #4,555 |
| 2013 | — | — | 29 | #3,591 |
| 2012 | — | — | 19 | #4,883 |
| 2011 | — | — | 34 | #3,242 |
| 2010 | — | — | 23 | #4,254 |
| 2009 | — | — | 29 | #3,649 |
| 2008 | — | — | 26 | #3,936 |
| 2007 | — | — | 28 | #3,699 |
| 2006 | — | — | 16 | #5,334 |
| 2005 | — | — | 15 | #5,314 |
| 2004 | — | — | 23 | #3,871 |
| 2003 | — | — | 21 | #3,990 |
| 2002 | — | — | 26 | #3,358 |
| 2001 | — | — | 22 | #3,726 |
| 2000 | — | — | 24 | #3,435 |
| 1999 | — | — | 35 | #2,512 |
| 1998 | — | — | 21 | #3,500 |
| 1997 | — | — | 29 | #2,684 |
| 1996 | — | — | 24 | #3,034 |
| 1995 | — | — | 24 | #2,929 |
| 1994 | — | — | 25 | #2,860 |
| 1993 | — | — | 24 | #2,875 |
| 1992 | — | — | 18 | #3,470 |
| 1991 | — | — | 40 | #1,924 |
| 1990 | — | — | 24 | #2,705 |
| 1989 | — | — | 44 | #1,734 |
| 1988 | — | — | 40 | #1,736 |
| 1987 | — | — | 43 | #1,614 |
| 1986 | — | — | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1985 | — | — | 38 | #1,646 |
| 1984 | — | — | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1983 | — | — | 43 | #1,450 |
| 1982 | — | — | 29 | #1,892 |
| 1981 | — | — | 32 | #1,769 |
| 1980 | — | — | 51 | #1,316 |
| 1979 | — | — | 45 | #1,391 |
| 1978 | — | — | 51 | #1,258 |
| 1977 | — | — | 53 | #1,210 |
| 1976 | — | — | 43 | #1,350 |
| 1975 | — | — | 71 | #971 |
| 1974 | — | — | 28 | #1,697 |
| 1973 | — | — | 18 | #2,228 |
| 1972 | — | — | 19 | #2,089 |
| 1971 | — | — | 30 | #1,598 |
| 1970 | — | — | 14 | #2,519 |
| 1969 | — | — | 24 | #1,683 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,327 |
| 1967 | — | — | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,480 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,861 |
| 1964 | — | — | 26 | #1,549 |
| 1963 | — | — | 21 | #1,746 |
| 1962 | — | — | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1961 | — | — | 22 | #1,735 |
| 1960 | — | — | 26 | #1,584 |
| 1959 | — | — | 25 | #1,594 |
| 1958 | — | — | 24 | #1,597 |
| 1957 | — | — | 33 | #1,367 |
| 1956 | — | — | 31 | #1,385 |
| 1955 | — | — | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1954 | — | — | 24 | #1,560 |
| 1953 | — | — | 16 | #1,965 |
| 1952 | — | — | 26 | #1,486 |
| 1951 | — | — | 25 | #1,489 |
| 1950 | — | — | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1949 | — | — | 28 | #1,386 |
| 1948 | — | — | 23 | #1,521 |
| 1947 | — | — | 21 | #1,654 |
| 1946 | — | — | 19 | #1,644 |
| 1945 | — | — | 15 | #1,780 |
| 1944 | — | — | 18 | #1,635 |
| 1943 | — | — | 21 | #1,534 |
| 1942 | — | — | 32 | #1,229 |
| 1941 | — | — | 31 | #1,191 |
| 1940 | — | — | 26 | #1,313 |
| 1939 | — | — | 16 | #1,720 |
| 1938 | — | — | 31 | #1,174 |
| 1937 | — | — | 38 | #1,035 |
| 1936 | — | — | 33 | #1,144 |
| 1935 | — | — | 32 | #1,168 |
| 1934 | — | — | 33 | #1,150 |
| 1933 | — | — | 33 | #1,146 |
| 1932 | — | — | 44 | #993 |
| 1931 | — | — | 43 | #1,017 |
| 1930 | — | — | 47 | #990 |
| 1929 | — | — | 50 | #952 |
| 1928 | — | — | 49 | #984 |
| 1927 | — | — | 50 | #991 |
| 1926 | — | — | 60 | #859 |
| 1925 | — | — | 68 | #803 |
| 1924 | — | — | 78 | #752 |
| 1923 | — | — | 58 | #897 |
| 1922 | — | — | 74 | #768 |
| 1921 | — | — | 89 | #687 |
| 1920 | — | — | 60 | #888 |
| 1919 | — | — | 78 | #716 |
| 1918 | — | — | 72 | #762 |
| 1917 | — | — | 63 | #794 |
| 1916 | — | — | 66 | #751 |
| 1915 | — | — | 53 | #846 |
| 1914 | — | — | 46 | #777 |
| 1913 | — | — | 29 | #915 |
| 1912 | — | — | 28 | #838 |
| 1911 | — | — | 19 | #735 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #870 |
| 1909 | — | — | 14 | #759 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #889 |
| 1907 | — | — | 13 | #742 |
| 1906 | — | — | 13 | #678 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #842 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #765 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #550 |
| 1902 | — | — | 10 | #750 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #508 |
| 1900 | — | — | 23 | #477 |
| 1899 | — | — | 11 | #621 |
| 1898 | — | — | 16 | #523 |
| 1897 | — | — | 19 | #442 |
| 1896 | — | — | 22 | #418 |
| 1895 | — | — | 18 | #479 |
| 1894 | — | — | 18 | #466 |
| 1893 | — | — | 17 | #450 |
| 1892 | — | — | 31 | #337 |
| 1891 | — | — | 29 | #308 |
| 1890 | — | — | 34 | #295 |
| 1889 | — | — | 30 | #318 |
| 1888 | — | — | 56 | #234 |
| 1887 | — | — | 16 | #422 |
| 1886 | — | — | 23 | #357 |
| 1885 | — | — | 26 | #332 |
| 1884 | — | — | 32 | #306 |
| 1883 | — | — | 29 | #306 |
| 1882 | — | — | 35 | #288 |
| 1881 | — | — | 21 | #362 |
| 1880 | — | — | 28 | #321 |
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).