Boys' name · since 1918
Bennard
29 babies named Bennard in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,011 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
29 boys have been named Bennard since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bennard has 29 recorded births among boys since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1955.
- #26,011 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 29 born since 1918
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bennard ranks #26,011 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1918, peaking in the 1930s.
- #26,011 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Bennard's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bennard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bennard's SSA record in two at 1935 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1929, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bennard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1955
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Bennard by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (11 births, 38% of the file).
1930s was Bennard's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Bennard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
8 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 11 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Bennard's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- 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 Bennard: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1918–1955 (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 Bennard 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.