Bennard — boys' name
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.
38% of everyone ever named Bennard was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Bennard in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bennard
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Bennard between 1918 and 1955, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bennard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bennard performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bennard shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bennard 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 29 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.
Bennard at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bennard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1918
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
29 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 8 births in a single year.
Bennard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 11 births that decade — 38% of Bennard's all-time total
Bennard decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Bennard's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1918–1955 (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.