Benni — #7179 US unisex name
94 babies named Benni in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to girls today.
64% of everyone ever named Benni was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Benni in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Benni
The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Benni between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Benni currently holds the #7179 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Benni is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 2021.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Benni performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Benni shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Benni 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 94 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.
Benni at a glance
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Current rank
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Benni popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #7179 among girls.
94 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 16 births in a single year.
Benni popularity over time — boys
17 total births recorded since 2021 (Benni as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Benni accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Benni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 60 births that decade — 64% of Benni's all-time total
Benni decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Benni's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 2013–2024 (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.