Girls' name · since 1915
Bennye
Bennye has 161 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 161
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bennye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 161 recorded since 1915.
Bennye has 161 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1953.
- #22,040 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 161 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bennye ranks #22,040 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 161 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #22,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 161
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bennye's 161 recorded births place it above 69.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Bennye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bennye's full recorded timeline at 1932, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1923 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bennye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1953
- Peak year (1923)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Bennye by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (56 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Bennye's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Bennye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
56 births
- 1930s
1930s
36 births
- 1940s
1940s
46 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 56 births (35% of all-time use).
Bennye by state
Where Bennye concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 6.2% |
10 of 161 births nationwide.
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What to do with Bennye's data
- Bennye's decade-level peak was the 1920s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Bennyes (10 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Bennye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1915–1953 (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 Bennye 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.