Unisex name · since 1963
Beni
Beni has 167 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,044 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,906 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 167
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Beni is the #4906 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 167 recorded since 1963.
Social Security Administration records show Beni recorded 167 times among boys since 1963, holding rank #4906 nationally today, ahead of 65% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #14,044 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,906 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 167 born since 1963
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beni ranks #14,044 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,906 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 167 born since 1963, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,044 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,906 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 167
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Beni's 167 recorded births place it above 69.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Beni compares
167 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Beni's all-time total is 55% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Beni | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 167 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Beni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Beni's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1963, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Beni popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Beni popularity over time - girls
83 total births recorded since 1956 (Beni as girls' name)
Beni by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (79 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Beni's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Beni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 79 births (47% of all-time use).
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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, 1963–2025 (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 Beni 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.