Beni — #7842 US boys' name
147 babies named Beni in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Beni was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Beni in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Beni
The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Beni between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Beni currently holds the #7842 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Beni is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 70 additional births since 1956.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Beni performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Beni shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Beni 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 147 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.
Beni at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Beni popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (2020)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #7842 among boys.
147 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 14 births in a single year.
Beni popularity over time — girls
70 total births recorded since 1956 (Beni as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Beni accounts for 32% of total recorded use across both genders.
Beni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 59 births that decade — 40% of Beni's all-time total
Beni decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Beni's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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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, 1963–2024 (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.