Benny — #890 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benny

The Social Security Administration has registered 48,202 babies named Benny between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benny currently holds the #890 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 1,065 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benny performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 9,302 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Benny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,116 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Benny in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benny 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 48,202 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.