Recorded 1917–2019 Boys' name Peak 2009 286 births

Benjimen — boys' name

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.

1910s141920s151930s231940s51950s171960s51970s391980s371990s292000s622010s40
2000s
Peak decade

22% of everyone ever named Benjimen was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

11 babies were named Benjimen in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Benjimen

The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Benjimen between 1917 and 2019, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benjimen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benjimen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Benjimen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benjimen 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 286 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.

Benjimen at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

286

Since 1917

103 years of records

Peak year

2009

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1917

Recorded for 103 years

Last year on file: 2019

Benjimen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1917

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2009)
11
Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
4681012 20192009200219911980197419361917 5

Benjimen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
62 births that decade — 22% of Benjimen's all-time total
1910s141920s151930s231940s51950s171960s51970s391980s371990s292000s622010s40

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Benjimen?
286 babies have been named Benjimen since 1917. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2009 with 11 births.
When was Benjimen most popular?
Benjimen was most popular in the 2000s decade with 62 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Benjimen been used?
Benjimen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 103 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Benjimen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Benjamin, Ben, Bennett, Bentley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.