Benjiman
Benjiman was given to 11 boys in 2025, #7,254 among boys’ names; 4,307 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,920 Americans named Benjiman and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (45% of everyone recorded); the median is 42 years old and half are between 25 and 55.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Benjiman by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Benjiman?
#7,254 among boys’ names, 2025
Benjiman fell from #4,305 in 2015 to #7,254 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 12.0 to 6.4 per million.
89 babies in 1921, the peak
Benjiman peaked in 1921, when 89 boys were given it, #687 among boys’ names. The 11 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,254 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 7 | #10,034 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,802 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,524 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,795 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,059 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,979 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,344 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,314 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,151 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #4,305 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,551 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,589 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,878 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,241 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,253 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,647 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,933 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,697 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,330 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,309 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,866 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,985 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,353 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,721 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,429 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,508 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,496 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,680 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,029 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,924 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,855 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,869 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,464 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,918 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,699 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,729 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,731 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 43 | #1,612 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,165 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,645 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,764 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,449 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,891 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,768 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 51 | #1,316 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,350 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 71 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,697 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,226 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,089 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,597 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,518 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,682 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,326 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,363 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,479 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,860 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,548 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,745 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,671 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,734 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,583 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,593 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,596 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,366 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,684 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 24 | #1,559 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,964 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,485 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,488 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,820 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,385 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,520 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,653 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,643 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,779 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,634 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,533 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,229 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,313 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,720 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,174 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,144 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,168 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,150 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,146 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 44 | #993 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 47 | #990 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 50 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 49 | #984 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 50 | #991 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 60 | #859 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 68 | #803 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 78 | #752 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 58 | #897 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 74 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 89 | #687 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 60 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 78 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 72 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 63 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 66 | #751 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 53 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 46 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 29 | #915 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 28 | #838 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 19 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 13 | #870 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 14 | #759 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 10 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 13 | #742 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 13 | #678 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 9 | #842 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 10 | #765 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 16 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 10 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 15 | #508 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 23 | #477 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 11 | #621 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 16 | #523 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 19 | #442 | 0.17 |
| 1896 | 22 | #418 | 0.18 |
| 1895 | 18 | #479 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 18 | #466 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 17 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1892 | 31 | #337 | 0.25 |
| 1891 | 29 | #308 | 0.29 |
| 1890 | 34 | #295 | 0.31 |
| 1889 | 30 | #318 | 0.27 |
| 1888 | 56 | #234 | 0.46 |
| 1887 | 16 | #422 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 23 | #357 | 0.21 |
| 1885 | 26 | #332 | 0.24 |
| 1884 | 32 | #306 | 0.28 |
| 1883 | 29 | #306 | 0.28 |
| 1882 | 35 | #288 | 0.31 |
| 1881 | 21 | #362 | 0.21 |
| 1880 | 28 | #321 | 0.25 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Benjiman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Benjiman has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Benjiman: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Benjiman, and how old are they?
1,920 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 45% of the 4,307 Americans ever recorded as Benjiman. The median Benjiman alive today is 42 years old; half are between 25 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 1,480 people named Benjiman (7 women and girls, 1,473 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,019 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 92 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 449 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 480 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 384 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 216 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Benjiman born?
The states with the most babies named Benjiman are Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, with 53% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 120 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 100 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 59 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| South Carolina | 56 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Alabama | 45 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 40 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 19 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 19 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Oklahoma | 19 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Washington | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Benjiman with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 840,356 babies since 1880, Benjiman is the second most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 11 of their 9,795 babies (<1%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Benjiman
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Benjiman and names like it
- Compare Benjiman and BenjaminBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sBenjiman peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Benjiman since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Benjiman.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Benjiman alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with BMost given first.