Meaning not yet researched.
Bennie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 61 in 2025. Its best rank was #415 in 1929.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #415 in 1929; #2,782 in 2025. About 54% of babies named Bennie in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,782 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1929, at #415.
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Bennie: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 61 girls in 2025. Peak: #415 in 1929 · most girls in one year: 256 (1929).
In 2025, 61 US girls were named Bennie, making it the 2,782nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 2,137 places from #4,919 in 2024. That is 34 more than the 27 girls named Bennie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #415, reached in 1929. That year also had the most girls given the name: 256. For comparison, it was #14,794 in 2015 and #790 in 1950.
In 2025, 53 US boys were named Bennie, making it the 2,519th most common boys’ name of the year, down 13 places from #2,506 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 54 boys named Bennie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #130, reached in 1903. The most boys given the name in a single year was 959, in 1929. For comparison, it was #2,432 in 2015 and #238 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bennie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 34 babies with the name. In all, 62,689 US babies have been given the name, 16% of them girls and 84% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 10,881 babies named Bennie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 234 US girls were named Bennie; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 61. In 2025 that was about 1 in 26,349 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Bennie ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #722 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Benny (49,144 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Binnie, Beni and Bennye are summarised on this page.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Binnie (469), Beni (250), Bennye (161), Benni (140), Benney (108), Benie (35), Benee (6).
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 Bennie in the open dataset we use.
Bennie is listed as a nickname for Ben, Benedict, Benjamin, Bennett.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 5 | #722 | — |
| Florida | 5 | #2,215 | — |
| California | 6 | #2,833 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,782 | 53 | #2,519 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,919 | 54 | #2,506 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,580 | 52 | #2,546 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,394 | 61 | #2,329 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,111 | 49 | #2,630 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,279 | 54 | #2,421 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,677 | 44 | #2,813 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,694 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,821 | 46 | #2,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,982 | 48 | #2,593 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,794 | 52 | #2,432 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,296 | 40 | #2,894 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,156 | 55 | #2,302 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,264 | 44 | #2,719 |
| 2011 | — | — | 54 | #2,350 |
| 2010 | — | — | 59 | #2,212 |
| 2009 | — | — | 49 | #2,564 |
| 2008 | — | — | 54 | #2,375 |
| 2007 | — | — | 55 | #2,340 |
| 2006 | — | — | 72 | #1,879 |
| 2005 | — | — | 55 | #2,186 |
| 2004 | — | — | 70 | #1,788 |
| 2003 | — | — | 54 | #2,081 |
| 2002 | — | — | 72 | #1,647 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,690 | 72 | #1,630 |
| 2000 | — | — | 73 | #1,613 |
| 1999 | — | — | 76 | #1,491 |
| 1998 | — | — | 74 | #1,488 |
| 1997 | — | — | 95 | #1,228 |
| 1996 | — | — | 89 | #1,247 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,964 | 98 | #1,160 |
| 1994 | — | — | 110 | #1,064 |
| 1993 | — | — | 106 | #1,085 |
| 1992 | — | — | 105 | #1,068 |
| 1991 | — | — | 127 | #940 |
| 1990 | — | — | 142 | #857 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,788 | 149 | #811 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,508 | 145 | #784 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,488 | 149 | #749 |
| 1986 | — | — | 162 | #711 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,425 | 143 | #742 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,239 | 159 | #689 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,379 | 166 | #665 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,317 | 199 | #609 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,370 | 209 | #592 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,353 | 208 | #602 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,644 | 249 | #537 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,905 | 246 | #523 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,681 | 237 | #540 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,174 | 219 | #543 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,787 | 261 | #493 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,781 | 245 | #506 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,239 | 245 | #499 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,319 | 270 | #478 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,802 | 312 | #463 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,783 | 350 | #434 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,773 | 331 | #436 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,366 | 376 | #402 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,785 | 369 | #397 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,254 | 443 | #357 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,208 | 448 | #363 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,837 | 513 | #348 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,021 | 520 | #339 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,577 | 513 | #346 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,669 | 519 | #348 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,489 | 550 | #329 |
| 1959 | 63 | #1,350 | 598 | #318 |
| 1958 | 75 | #1,227 | 640 | #297 |
| 1957 | 80 | #1,178 | 658 | #291 |
| 1956 | 93 | #1,059 | 732 | #270 |
| 1955 | 107 | #954 | 722 | #258 |
| 1954 | 98 | #984 | 746 | #258 |
| 1953 | 118 | #860 | 772 | #242 |
| 1952 | 125 | #811 | 748 | #249 |
| 1951 | 138 | #746 | 808 | #236 |
| 1950 | 121 | #790 | 758 | #238 |
| 1949 | 143 | #708 | 808 | #225 |
| 1948 | 145 | #689 | 835 | #223 |
| 1947 | 152 | #682 | 923 | #209 |
| 1946 | 183 | #590 | 885 | #196 |
| 1945 | 185 | #535 | 793 | #190 |
| 1944 | 216 | #489 | 820 | #188 |
| 1943 | 236 | #479 | 849 | #189 |
| 1942 | 216 | #507 | 885 | #177 |
| 1941 | 202 | #489 | 837 | #180 |
| 1940 | 195 | #495 | 845 | #175 |
| 1939 | 188 | #489 | 877 | #168 |
| 1938 | 211 | #464 | 872 | #170 |
| 1937 | 213 | #451 | 885 | #166 |
| 1936 | 213 | #443 | 888 | #162 |
| 1935 | 241 | #417 | 934 | #155 |
| 1934 | 228 | #432 | 813 | #173 |
| 1933 | 218 | #436 | 815 | #169 |
| 1932 | 238 | #425 | 883 | #167 |
| 1931 | 222 | #433 | 822 | #169 |
| 1930 | 204 | #470 | 916 | #162 |
| 1929 | 256 | #415 | 959 | #158 |
| 1928 | 226 | #457 | 832 | #174 |
| 1927 | 220 | #470 | 851 | #174 |
| 1926 | 207 | #481 | 865 | #169 |
| 1925 | 254 | #432 | 897 | #169 |
| 1924 | 199 | #498 | 873 | #168 |
| 1923 | 192 | #502 | 772 | #182 |
| 1922 | 212 | #473 | 915 | #166 |
| 1921 | 165 | #554 | 775 | #181 |
| 1920 | 166 | #555 | 856 | #161 |
| 1919 | 179 | #504 | 834 | #162 |
| 1918 | 181 | #506 | 819 | #167 |
| 1917 | 141 | #569 | 730 | #172 |
| 1916 | 118 | #623 | 720 | #169 |
| 1915 | 136 | #548 | 663 | #171 |
| 1914 | 104 | #549 | 598 | #154 |
| 1913 | 101 | #506 | 446 | #159 |
| 1912 | 70 | #576 | 392 | #154 |
| 1911 | 72 | #487 | 227 | #151 |
| 1910 | 65 | #503 | 218 | #146 |
| 1909 | 49 | #545 | 187 | #140 |
| 1908 | 49 | #520 | 158 | #149 |
| 1907 | 45 | #536 | 145 | #157 |
| 1906 | 43 | #528 | 133 | #151 |
| 1905 | 32 | #621 | 136 | #151 |
| 1904 | 34 | #577 | 158 | #134 |
| 1903 | 37 | #529 | 144 | #130 |
| 1902 | 33 | #572 | 124 | #147 |
| 1901 | 27 | #603 | 100 | #155 |
| 1900 | 41 | #524 | 153 | #142 |
| 1899 | 22 | #665 | 94 | #160 |
| 1898 | 26 | #633 | 116 | #146 |
| 1897 | 25 | #618 | 96 | #161 |
| 1896 | 24 | #637 | 96 | #165 |
| 1895 | 26 | #598 | 82 | #188 |
| 1894 | 19 | #686 | 121 | #135 |
| 1893 | 28 | #520 | 78 | #186 |
| 1892 | 21 | #618 | 90 | #175 |
| 1891 | 21 | #573 | 75 | #171 |
| 1890 | 18 | #620 | 54 | #224 |
| 1889 | 17 | #620 | 66 | #197 |
| 1888 | 35 | #420 | 77 | #194 |
| 1887 | 10 | #735 | 48 | #227 |
| 1886 | 22 | #461 | 43 | #258 |
| 1885 | 14 | #579 | 51 | #230 |
| 1884 | 17 | #504 | 51 | #235 |
| 1883 | 6 | #831 | 21 | #372 |
| 1882 | 7 | #749 | 33 | #299 |
| 1881 | 9 | #586 | 32 | #276 |
| 1880 | 8 | #633 | 26 | #335 |
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).