Boys' name · since 1986
Enjamin
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Enjamin, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,673 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Enjamin is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 16 have been recorded since 1986.
Enjamin has 16 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1988.
- #30,673 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1986
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Enjamin ranks #30,673 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1986, peaking in the 1980s.
- #30,673 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Enjamin's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Enjamin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Enjamin's full recorded timeline at 1988, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Enjamin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1988
- Peak year (1988)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Enjamin by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Enjamin's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Enjamin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Enjamin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1986–1988 (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 Enjamin 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.