Boys' name · since 1917
Benjimen
286 babies named Benjimen in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,854 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 286
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Benjimen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 286 have been recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benjimen has been recorded 286 times among boys since 1917, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2019.
- #10,854 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 286 born since 1917
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benjimen ranks #10,854 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 286 born since 1917, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,854 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 286
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Benjimen's 286 recorded births place it above 76.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Benjimen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Benjimen's full recorded timeline at 1987, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Benjimen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2019
- Peak year (2009)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Benjimen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (62 births, 22% of the file).
2000s was Benjimen's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Benjimen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 14
1910s
14 births
- 1920s 15
1920s
15 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 62 births (22% of all-time use).
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- Benjimen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2010s (40) -- 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 Benjimen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1917–2019 (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 Benjimen 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.