Benjamen — #10913 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benjamen

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,680 babies named Benjamen between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benjamen currently holds the #10913 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 99 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benjamen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 776 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Benjamen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 149 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Benjamen in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benjamen 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 3,680 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.