Unisex name · since 2013
Benni
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 116 babies named Benni, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,897 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
116 babies have been named Benni since 2013, making it today's #5897 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benni has been recorded 116 times among girls since 2013, currently ranked #5897 nationally and more common than 66% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #25,488 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,897 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 116 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Benni ranks #25,488 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,897 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 116 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,897 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Benni's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Benni compares
116 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Benni's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Benni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 116 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Benni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Benni's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Benni popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Benni popularity over time - boys
24 total births recorded since 2021 (Benni as boys' name)
Benni by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (82 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Benni's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Benni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 82 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Benni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2013–2025 (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 Benni 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.