Boys' name · since 2017

Benjen

Benjen has 45 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#22,861 of 45,481
all-time among boys
45
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade

Benjen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 45 recorded since 2017.

Benjen has 45 recorded births among boys since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2023.

  • #22,861 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 45 born since 2017
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benjen ranks #22,861 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.

#22,861 of 45,481
all-time among boys
45
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Benjen's 45 recorded births place it above 49.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Benjen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Benjen's full recorded timeline at 2020, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Benjen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2023

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2021)
10
Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
567891011 201720182019202020212023 6

Benjen by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (23 births, 51% of the file).

2020s was Benjen's strongest decade.

23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.

Benjen births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (51% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Benjen? ▼
Since 2017, Social Security records show 45 babies named Benjen. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #22,861 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2023. Its busiest year on record was 2021, with 10 births.
Where does Benjen sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benjen ranks #22,861 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Benjen most popular? ▼
Benjen was most popular in the 2020s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Benjen been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Benjen since 2017 -- 7 years through the most recent 2023 data.
What names are similar to Benjen? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Benjamin, Ben, Bennett, Bentley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Benjen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2017–2023 (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 Benjen 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.