Benjamin — #11 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benjamin

The Social Security Administration has registered 816,962 babies named Benjamin between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benjamin currently holds the #11 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 15,733 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benjamin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 141,385 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Benjamin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 79,121 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Benjamin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benjamin 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 816,962 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.