Boys' name · since 1956
Bengie
Bengie has 156 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,474 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 156
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
Bengie is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 156 have been recorded since 1956.
Bengie has 156 recorded births among boys since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2005.
- #14,474 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 156 born since 1956
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bengie ranks #14,474 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 1956, peaking in the 1970s.
- #14,474 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 156
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
Bengie's 156 recorded births place it above 68.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bengie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bengie splits its recorded history at 1969: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1957 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bengie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2005
- Peak year (1975)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Bengie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (77 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Bengie's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Bengie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 27
1950s
27 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s
1970s
77 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 77 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Bengie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bengie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1956–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bengie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.