Meaning not yet researched.
Benny: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 293 in 2025. Its best rank was #172 in 1939.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #172 in 1939; #841 in 2025. About 90% of babies named Benny in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#841 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1939, at #172.
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Benny: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 293 boys in 2025. Peak: #172 in 1939 · most boys in one year: 1,065 (1948).
In 2025, 293 US boys were named Benny, making it the 841st most common boys’ name of the year, up 47 places from #888 in 2024. That is 26 more than the 267 boys named Benny in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #172, reached in 1939. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,065, in 1948. For comparison, it was #1,438 in 2015 and #215 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Benny in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 49,144 US babies have been given the name, 1.3% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 9,401 babies named Benny.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,929 US boys were named Benny; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 293. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,830 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Benny ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #317 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Bennie (62,689 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Beny, Bianny and Beaney 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: Beny (43), Bianny (7), Beaney (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.
No nicknames listed for Benny in the open dataset we use.
Benny is listed as a nickname for Ben, Benjamin, Bennett.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 33 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 15 | #317 | — |
| Nevada | 7 | #395 | — |
| Arizona | 14 | #492 | #788 |
| Missouri | 11 | #523 | — |
| Washington | 12 | #581 | — |
| North Carolina | 16 | #596 | — |
| California | 44 | #639 | #915 |
| Colorado | 6 | #768 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #790 | — |
| New Jersey | 7 | #837 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #857 | — |
| Indiana | 6 | #859 | — |
| Ohio | 9 | #860 | — |
| Florida | 16 | #890 | — |
| Texas | 28 | #893 | #976 |
| New York | 14 | #919 | #1,072 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,007 | — |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,311 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,371 | 293 | #841 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,035 | 267 | #888 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,448 | 209 | #1,044 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,150 | 211 | #1,045 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,757 | 217 | #1,008 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,730 | 170 | #1,144 |
| 2019 | — | — | 161 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | — | — | 148 | #1,244 |
| 2017 | — | — | 131 | #1,360 |
| 2016 | — | — | 122 | #1,422 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,860 | 118 | #1,438 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,967 | 140 | #1,273 |
| 2013 | — | — | 142 | #1,245 |
| 2012 | — | — | 135 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | — | — | 149 | #1,186 |
| 2010 | — | — | 153 | #1,179 |
| 2009 | — | — | 149 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | — | — | 155 | #1,166 |
| 2007 | — | — | 193 | #1,002 |
| 2006 | — | — | 193 | #963 |
| 2005 | — | — | 167 | #1,013 |
| 2004 | — | — | 181 | #935 |
| 2003 | — | — | 161 | #984 |
| 2002 | — | — | 193 | #860 |
| 2001 | — | — | 165 | #942 |
| 2000 | — | — | 192 | #835 |
| 1999 | — | — | 158 | #926 |
| 1998 | — | — | 172 | #847 |
| 1997 | — | — | 166 | #852 |
| 1996 | — | — | 179 | #802 |
| 1995 | — | — | 182 | #796 |
| 1994 | — | — | 156 | #858 |
| 1993 | — | — | 207 | #719 |
| 1992 | — | — | 204 | #723 |
| 1991 | — | — | 201 | #715 |
| 1990 | — | — | 203 | #714 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,843 | 211 | #685 |
| 1988 | — | — | 192 | #678 |
| 1987 | — | — | 211 | #629 |
| 1986 | — | — | 212 | #613 |
| 1985 | — | — | 213 | #599 |
| 1984 | — | — | 211 | #582 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,422 | 214 | #576 |
| 1982 | — | — | 288 | #500 |
| 1981 | — | — | 292 | #490 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,202 | 297 | #491 |
| 1979 | — | — | 339 | #436 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,653 | 318 | #446 |
| 1977 | — | — | 300 | #465 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,421 | 285 | #464 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,203 | 325 | #437 |
| 1974 | — | — | 344 | #424 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,136 | 303 | #451 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,627 | 348 | #424 |
| 1971 | — | — | 370 | #418 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,093 | 384 | #415 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,014 | 397 | #399 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,179 | 404 | #386 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,495 | 398 | #373 |
| 1966 | — | — | 458 | #349 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,862 | 514 | #334 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,037 | 592 | #320 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,331 | 637 | #315 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,658 | 752 | #279 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,920 | 719 | #290 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,934 | 784 | #282 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,631 | 845 | #273 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,457 | 873 | #262 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,565 | 873 | #255 |
| 1956 | — | — | 884 | #245 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,107 | 822 | #245 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,741 | 914 | #233 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,261 | 897 | #224 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,050 | 896 | #223 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,414 | 926 | #213 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,353 | 875 | #215 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,920 | 969 | #206 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,611 | 1,065 | #189 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,728 | 1,061 | #191 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,889 | 1,003 | #184 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,751 | 822 | #187 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,781 | 897 | #181 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,715 | 960 | #176 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,473 | 877 | #180 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,274 | 835 | #181 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,752 | 814 | #179 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,808 | 864 | #172 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,121 | 823 | #179 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,850 | 760 | #179 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,396 | 732 | #181 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,447 | 678 | #190 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,433 | 684 | #187 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,891 | 595 | #198 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,148 | 593 | #210 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,595 | 601 | #210 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,431 | 533 | #237 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,202 | 483 | #255 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,511 | 460 | #265 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,880 | 429 | #272 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,892 | 399 | #286 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,500 | 394 | #289 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,830 | 415 | #279 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,680 | 346 | #305 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,124 | 299 | #339 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,193 | 316 | #333 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,000 | 272 | #362 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,869 | 275 | #340 |
| 1918 | — | — | 282 | #342 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,376 | 223 | #377 |
| 1916 | — | — | 196 | #396 |
| 1915 | — | — | 210 | #371 |
| 1914 | — | — | 144 | #396 |
| 1913 | — | — | 122 | #382 |
| 1912 | — | — | 87 | #418 |
| 1911 | — | — | 50 | #404 |
| 1910 | — | — | 47 | #376 |
| 1909 | — | — | 31 | #453 |
| 1908 | — | — | 37 | #383 |
| 1907 | — | — | 41 | #332 |
| 1906 | — | — | 31 | #387 |
| 1905 | — | — | 27 | #411 |
| 1904 | — | — | 18 | #520 |
| 1903 | — | — | 17 | #528 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #616 |
| 1901 | — | — | 17 | #470 |
| 1900 | — | — | 31 | #402 |
| 1899 | — | — | 13 | #551 |
| 1898 | — | — | 18 | #487 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #620 |
| 1896 | — | — | 16 | #519 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #692 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #736 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #708 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #756 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #852 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #816 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #984 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #926 |
| 1887 | — | — | 10 | #590 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #516 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #649 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #983 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #954 |
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).