Benjamine — boys' name

What the Data Says About Benjamine

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,807 babies named Benjamine between 1880 and 2018, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benjamine currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benjamine performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 249 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Benjamine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Benjamine in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benjamine 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 1,807 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.