Boys' name · since 1935
Benjie
Benjie has 922 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,415 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,208 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 922
- born since 1935
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Benjie is the #12208 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 922 recorded since 1935.
Benjie has 922 recorded births among boys since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12208 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of boys, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 2025.
- #5,415 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,208 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 922 born since 1935
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benjie ranks #5,415 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,208 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 922 born since 1935, peaking in the 1960s.
- #5,415 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,208 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 922
- born since 1935
- 1960s
- peak decade
Benjie's 922 recorded births place it above 88.09% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Benjie compares
922 Top 33% higher than 67% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Benjie's all-time total is 150% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Benjie | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 922 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 34 | 22,252 |
Benjie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Benjie splits its recorded history at 1965: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1962 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Benjie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–2025
- Peak year (1962)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Benjie popularity over time - girls
31 total births recorded since 1953 (Benjie as girls' name)
Benjie by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (306 births, 33% of the file).
1960s was Benjie's strongest decade.
306 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Benjie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 1940s 50
1940s
50 births
- 1950s
1950s
203 births
- 1960s
1960s
306 births
- 1970s
1970s
283 births
- 1980s 46
1980s
46 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 306 births (33% of all-time use).
How Benjie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Benjie's total volume
Benjie by state
Where Benjie concentrates geographically, total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 26 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 13 | 1.4% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 13 | 1.4% |
| #4 | California | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #6 | New Mexico | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Texas | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
26 of 922 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Benjie's data
- Benjie's decade-level peak was the 1960s (306 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Benjies (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Benjie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~90 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, 1935–2025 (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 Benjie 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.