Benaiah — #1280 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benaiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,233 babies named Benaiah between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benaiah currently holds the #1280 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 166 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benaiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,076 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Benaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 181 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Benaiah in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benaiah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,233 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.