Benji — #1628 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benji

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,142 babies named Benji between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benji currently holds the #1628 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 168 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benji performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 566 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Benji shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 180 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Benji in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benji 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 2,142 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.