Recorded 2019–2022 Boys' name Peak 2020 19 births

Benek — boys' name

19 babies named Benek in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s62020s13
2020s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Benek was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

8 babies were named Benek in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Benek

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Benek between 2019 and 2022, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benek currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benek performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Benek shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benek 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 19 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.

Benek at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

19

Since 2019

4 years of records

Peak year

2020

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2019

Recorded for 4 years

Last year on file: 2022

Benek popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2019

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2020)
8
Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
456789 202220202019 6

Benek by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
13 births that decade — 68% of Benek's all-time total
2010s62020s13

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Benek?
19 babies have been named Benek since 2019. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2020 with 8 births.
When was Benek most popular?
Benek was most popular in the 2020s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Benek been used?
Benek has been recorded in Social Security data since 2019, spanning 4 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Benek?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Benjamin, Ben, Bennett, Bentley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2019–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.