Boys' name · since 1922
Beny
43 babies named Beny in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,153 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,184 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 43
- born since 1922
- 2000s
- peak decade
Beny currently ranks #12184 among boys' names in America, with 43 babies recorded since 1922.
Beny has 43 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12184 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 2025.
- #23,153 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,184 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 43 born since 1922
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beny ranks #23,153 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,184 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 43 born since 1922, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,153 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,184 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 43
- born since 1922
- 2000s
- peak decade
Beny's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Beny compares
43 15th percentile among 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
Beny's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Beny | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 43 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Beny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Beny's full recorded timeline at 2007, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Beny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Beny by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Beny's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Beny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Beny's data
- Beny's decade-level peak was the 2000s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Beny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1922–2025 (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 Beny 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.