Benuel — #3902 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Benuel

The Social Security Administration has registered 915 babies named Benuel between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Benuel currently holds the #3902 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Benuel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Benuel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 771 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Benuel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Benuel 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 915 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.