Benjerman — boys' name
122 babies named Benjerman in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Benjerman was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Benjerman in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Benjerman
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Benjerman between 1982 and 2016, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benjerman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Benjerman performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Benjerman shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Benjerman 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 122 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.
Benjerman at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Benjerman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1982
- Peak year (1989)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
122 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 10 births in a single year.
Benjerman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 39 births that decade — 32% of Benjerman's all-time total
Benjerman decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Benjerman's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.