Benard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Benard

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,644 babies named Benard between 1890 and 2022, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benard performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 261 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Benard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 146 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Benard in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benard 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 1,644 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.