Benika — girls' name
19 babies named Benika in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Benika was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Benika in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Benika
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Benika between 1976 and 1982, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Benika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Benika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Benika shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Benika 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.
Benika at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Benika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1976
- Peak year (1982)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
19 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 7 births in a single year.
Benika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 13 births that decade — 68% of Benika's all-time total
Benika decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Benika's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% 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, 1976–1982 (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.