Benjie — #12517 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benjie

The Social Security Administration has registered 917 babies named Benjie between 1935 and 2024, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benjie currently holds the #12517 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benjie performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 306 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Benjie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Benjie in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benjie 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 917 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.