Boys' name · since 1982
Benjerman
Benjerman has 122 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,093 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
122 boys have been named Benjerman since 1982, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Benjerman has 122 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2016.
- #16,093 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 122 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benjerman ranks #16,093 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,093 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Benjerman's 122 recorded births place it above 64.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Benjerman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Benjerman's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Benjerman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2016
- Peak year (1989)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Benjerman by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (39 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Benjerman's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Benjerman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 39 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Benjerman's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 2010s (28) -- 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 Benjerman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1982–2016 (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 Benjerman 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.