Boys' name · since 1915
Benn
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 382 babies named Benn, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,264 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 382
- born since 1915
- 1980s
- peak decade
Benn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 382 recorded since 1915.
Benn has 382 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2018.
- #9,264 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 382 born since 1915
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benn ranks #9,264 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 382 born since 1915, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,264 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 382
- born since 1915
- 1980s
- peak decade
Benn's 382 recorded births place it above 79.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Benn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Benn's full recorded timeline at 1977, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1934, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Benn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2018
- Peak year (1980)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Benn by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (77 births, 20% of the file).
1980s was Benn's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Benn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 26
1910s
26 births
- 1920s 8
1920s
8 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
31 births
- 1950s
1950s
46 births
- 1960s 25
1960s
25 births
- 1970s
1970s
63 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 77 births (20% of all-time use).
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- Benn's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2010s (29) -- 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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Similar record span (~103 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, 1915–2018 (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 Benn 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.