Unisex name · since 1880
Bennie
Bennie has 52,753 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1929 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #491 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,516 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52,753
- born since 1880
- 1930s
- peak decade
Bennie currently ranks #2516 among unisex names in America, with 52,753 babies recorded since 1880.
Bennie has 52,753 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2516 as of the latest data, more common than 82% of boys, 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 1880 to 2025.
- #491 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,516 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 52,753 born since 1880
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bennie ranks #491 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,516 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 52,753 born since 1880, peaking in the 1930s.
- #491 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,516 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52,753
- born since 1880
- 1930s
- peak decade
Bennie's 52,753 recorded births place it above 98.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Bennie compares
52,753 Top 4% higher than 96% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Bennie's all-time total is 143x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bennie | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 52,753 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 959 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bennie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bennie splits its recorded history at 1953: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1883 (21 births) -- compare that against the 1929 peak of 959 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bennie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1929)
- 959
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Bennie popularity over time - girls
9,936 total births recorded since 1880 (Bennie as girls' name)
Bennie by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (8,705 births, 17% of the file).
1930s was Bennie's strongest decade.
8,705 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Bennie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 448
1880s
448 births
- 1890s 902
1890s
902 births
- 1900s 1,438
1900s
1,438 births
- 1910s
1910s
5,647 births
- 1920s
1920s
8,595 births
- 1930s
1930s
8,705 births
- 1940s
1940s
8,480 births
- 1950s
1950s
7,182 births
- 1960s
1960s
4,582 births
- 1970s 2,634
1970s
2,634 births
- 1980s 1,689
1980s
1,689 births
- 1990s 1,022
1990s
1,022 births
- 2000s 626
2000s
626 births
- 2010s 480
2010s
480 births
- 2020s 323
2020s
323 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 8,705 births (17% of all-time use).
How Bennie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Bennie's total volume
Bennie by state
Where Bennie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5,813 | 11.0% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 4,618 | 8.8% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 3,730 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 3,041 | 5.8% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 2,844 | 5.4% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 2,720 | 5.2% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 1,899 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 1,896 | 3.6% |
5,813 of 52,753 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Bennie appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Bennie's data
- Bennie's decade-level peak was the 1930s (8,705 total births); usage has since declined to 323 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Bennies (5,813 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bennie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Bennie 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.