Girls' name · since 1975
Benicia
143 babies named Benicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
143 girls have been named Benicia since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benicia has been recorded 143 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2024.
- #23,249 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 143 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benicia ranks #23,249 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 143 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Benicia's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Benicia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Benicia splits its recorded history at 1994: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Benicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2024
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Benicia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (42 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Benicia's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Benicia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 42 births (29% of all-time use).
Benicia by state
Where Benicia concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 7.7% |
11 of 143 births nationwide.
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What to do with Benicia's data
- Benicia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Benicias (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Benicia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
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, 1975–2024 (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 Benicia 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.