Benjy — boys' name

What the Data Says About Benjy

The Social Security Administration has registered 354 babies named Benjy between 1936 and 2021, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benjy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benjy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Benjy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Benjy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benjy 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 354 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.