Boys' name · since 1985
Benjamim
Benjamim has 97 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,586 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,582 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Benjamim currently ranks #6582 among boys' names in America, with 97 babies recorded since 1985.
Benjamim has 97 recorded births among boys since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6582 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #17,586 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,582 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 97 born since 1985
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benjamim ranks #17,586 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,582 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 97 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,586 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,582 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Benjamim's 97 recorded births place it above 61.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Massachusetts.
How Benjamim compares
97 25th 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
Benjamim's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Benjamim | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 97 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Benjamim's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Benjamim splits its recorded history at 2018: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Benjamim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Benjamim by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (38 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Benjamim's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Benjamim births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 38 births (39% of all-time use).
Benjamim by state
Where Benjamim concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 7 | 7.2% |
7 of 97 births nationwide.
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- Benjamim's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (38 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Massachusetts records the most Benjamims (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1985–2025 (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 Benjamim 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.