Boys' name · since 1936
Benjy
Benjy has 362 recorded births since 1936 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,565 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,020 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 362
- born since 1936
- 1970s
- peak decade
362 babies have been named Benjy since 1936, making it today's #9020 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benjy has been recorded 362 times among boys since 1936, currently ranked #9020 nationally and more common than 35% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 2025.
- #9,565 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,020 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 362 born since 1936
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benjy ranks #9,565 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,020 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 362 born since 1936, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,565 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,020 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 362
- born since 1936
- 1970s
- peak decade
Benjy's 362 recorded births place it above 78.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
How Benjy compares
362 49th percentile among 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
Benjy's all-time total is 2% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Benjy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 362 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Benjy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Benjy's full recorded timeline at 1971, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Benjy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 90 years of records
Benjy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (153 births, 42% of the file).
1970s was Benjy's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Benjy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
66 births
- 1960s
1960s
87 births
- 1970s
1970s
153 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 153 births (42% of all-time use).
Benjy by state
Where Benjy concentrates geographically, total births since 1936
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 362 births nationwide.
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What to do with Benjy's data
- Benjy's decade-level peak was the 1970s (153 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Benjys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina 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 Benjy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~89 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, 1936–2025 (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 Benjy 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.