Benay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Benay

The Social Security Administration has registered 209 babies named Benay between 1938 and 1971, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Benay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benay performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Benay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Benay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benay 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 209 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.