Benajamin — boys' name

What the Data Says About Benajamin

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Benajamin between 1983 and 1991, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benajamin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benajamin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Benajamin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benajamin 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 16 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.