Boys' name · since 1978
Benjamyn
398 babies named Benjamyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,045 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,960 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 398
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Benjamyn is the #9960 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 398 recorded since 1978.
Benjamyn has 398 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9960 as of the latest data, more common than 28% 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 1978 to 2025.
- #9,045 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,960 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 398 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benjamyn ranks #9,045 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,960 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 398 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,045 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,960 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 398
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Benjamyn's 398 recorded births place it above 80.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Benjamyn compares
398 Top 49% higher than 51% of 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
Benjamyn's all-time total is 8% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Benjamyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 398 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Benjamyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Benjamyn splits its recorded history at 2008: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Benjamyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Benjamyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (152 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Benjamyn's strongest decade.
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Benjamyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 49
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
152 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 152 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Benjamyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (152 total births) through the 2020s (63) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Benjamyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
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, 1978–2025 (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 Benjamyn 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.