How popular is “Benjamin” in the USA?
Number of people named “Benjamin” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Benjamin” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Benjamin” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Benjamin” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Benjamin” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Benjamin” by birth year
This chart shows how “Benjamin” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 490 | 0.002431955 | 490 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 481 | 0.002496263 | 481 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 478 | 0.002157692 | 478 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 508 | 0.002341597 | 508 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 509 | 0.002090684 | 509 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 464 | 0.001926478 | 464 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 463 | 0.001813439 | 463 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 473 | 0.001911945 | 473 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 781 | 0.002607906 | 781 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 760 | 0.002630249 | 760 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 537 | 0.00178168 | 537 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 461 | 0.001608104 | 461 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 525 | 0.001570098 | 525 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 482 | 0.00148206 | 482 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 469 | 0.001384747 | 469 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 452 | 0.001287676 | 452 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 416 | 0.001163688 | 416 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 378 | 0.001089472 | 378 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 405 | 0.001061724 | 405 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 335 | 0.000987519 | 335 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 450 | 0.000999427 | 450 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 343 | 0.000991868 | 343 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 374 | 0.000967075 | 374 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 324 | 0.000849948 | 324 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 358 | 0.00088727 | 358 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 379 | 0.000894032 | 379 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 352 | 0.000821564 | 352 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 460 | 0.000988418 | 460 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 480 | 0.0009823 | 480 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 489 | 0.000956528 | 489 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 536 | 0.000907381 | 536 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 690 | 0.001070966 | 690 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 1272 | 0.001287369 | 1272 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 1466 | 0.001289233 | 1466 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 1828 | 0.001290647 | 5 | 1823 | -99% |
| 1915 | 2248 | 0.001226789 | 7 | 2241 | -99% |
| 1916 | 2191 | 0.001132641 | 5 | 2186 | -100% |
| 1917 | 2391 | 0.001191479 | 5 | 2386 | -100% |
| 1918 | 2431 | 0.001119703 | 2431 | -100% | |
| 1919 | 2289 | 0.001084708 | 10 | 2279 | -99% |
| 1920 | 2315 | 0.00102314 | 6 | 2309 | -99% |
| 1921 | 2421 | 0.001037051 | 9 | 2412 | -99% |
| 1922 | 2386 | 0.001042305 | 8 | 2378 | -99% |
| 1923 | 2321 | 0.001008043 | 5 | 2316 | -100% |
| 1924 | 2226 | 0.000934662 | 5 | 2221 | -100% |
| 1925 | 2077 | 0.000890155 | 8 | 2069 | -99% |
| 1926 | 1911 | 0.000832352 | 13 | 1898 | -99% |
| 1927 | 1932 | 0.000832989 | 7 | 1925 | -99% |
| 1928 | 1821 | 0.000805418 | 16 | 1805 | -98% |
| 1929 | 1712 | 0.000780965 | 17 | 1695 | -98% |
| 1930 | 1602 | 0.000720554 | 8 | 1594 | -99% |
| 1931 | 1567 | 0.000744635 | 8 | 1559 | -99% |
| 1932 | 1552 | 0.000735095 | 12 | 1540 | -98% |
| 1933 | 1423 | 0.000711697 | 10 | 1413 | -99% |
| 1934 | 1490 | 0.000717444 | 7 | 1483 | -99% |
| 1935 | 1416 | 0.000677544 | 7 | 1409 | -99% |
| 1936 | 1354 | 0.00065172 | 1354 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 1428 | 0.000670212 | 6 | 1422 | -99% |
| 1938 | 1424 | 0.000643594 | 8 | 1416 | -99% |
| 1939 | 1428 | 0.000648077 | 5 | 1423 | -99% |
| 1940 | 1452 | 0.000630568 | 6 | 1446 | -99% |
| 1941 | 1586 | 0.000650954 | 8 | 1578 | -99% |
| 1942 | 1692 | 0.000619368 | 1692 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 1731 | 0.000613273 | 12 | 1719 | -99% |
| 1944 | 1630 | 0.00060593 | 8 | 1622 | -99% |
| 1945 | 1570 | 0.000591803 | 8 | 1562 | -99% |
| 1946 | 1662 | 0.000520138 | 7 | 1655 | -99% |
| 1947 | 1938 | 0.000537986 | 7 | 1931 | -99% |
| 1948 | 1967 | 0.000569729 | 5 | 1962 | -99% |
| 1949 | 2023 | 0.000580525 | 7 | 2016 | -99% |
| 1950 | 2194 | 0.000626256 | 8 | 2186 | -99% |
| 1951 | 2355 | 0.000639296 | 10 | 2345 | -99% |
| 1952 | 2448 | 0.000644549 | 8 | 2440 | -99% |
| 1953 | 2424 | 0.000629015 | 11 | 2413 | -99% |
| 1954 | 2462 | 0.000618483 | 9 | 2453 | -99% |
| 1955 | 2458 | 0.000612192 | 10 | 2448 | -99% |
| 1956 | 2477 | 0.000600771 | 5 | 2472 | -100% |
| 1957 | 2502 | 0.00059541 | 13 | 2489 | -99% |
| 1958 | 2267 | 0.000548392 | 12 | 2255 | -99% |
| 1959 | 2342 | 0.000563253 | 9 | 2333 | -99% |
| 1960 | 2255 | 0.000542874 | 9 | 2246 | -99% |
| 1961 | 2397 | 0.000578664 | 9 | 2388 | -99% |
| 1962 | 2522 | 0.000624973 | 15 | 2507 | -99% |
| 1963 | 2364 | 0.000597241 | 15 | 2349 | -99% |
| 1964 | 2516 | 0.000647185 | 12 | 2504 | -99% |
| 1965 | 2352 | 0.000648747 | 15 | 2337 | -99% |
| 1966 | 2390 | 0.00068764 | 13 | 2377 | -99% |
| 1967 | 2524 | 0.000743469 | 18 | 2506 | -99% |
| 1968 | 3039 | 0.000899535 | 22 | 3017 | -99% |
| 1969 | 3395 | 0.000976888 | 16 | 3379 | -99% |
| 1970 | 3949 | 0.001094963 | 22 | 3927 | -99% |
| 1971 | 4277 | 0.001246083 | 27 | 4250 | -99% |
| 1972 | 4516 | 0.001436847 | 18 | 4498 | -99% |
| 1973 | 5257 | 0.001742525 | 30 | 5227 | -99% |
| 1974 | 7221 | 0.00237533 | 38 | 7183 | -99% |
| 1975 | 9592 | 0.003176796 | 47 | 9545 | -99% |
| 1976 | 10725 | 0.003534588 | 53 | 10672 | -99% |
| 1977 | 12170 | 0.003831268 | 63 | 12107 | -99% |
| 1978 | 11487 | 0.003619241 | 73 | 11414 | -99% |
| 1979 | 12593 | 0.003785092 | 79 | 12514 | -99% |
| 1980 | 13706 | 0.00397909 | 80 | 13626 | -99% |
| 1981 | 14430 | 0.004171274 | 69 | 14361 | -99% |
| 1982 | 13898 | 0.003961844 | 85 | 13813 | -99% |
| 1983 | 13382 | 0.003863901 | 96 | 13286 | -99% |
| 1984 | 13342 | 0.003824287 | 73 | 13269 | -99% |
| 1985 | 13515 | 0.003786658 | 88 | 13427 | -99% |
| 1986 | 13878 | 0.003901517 | 85 | 13793 | -99% |
| 1987 | 14963 | 0.004149918 | 73 | 14890 | -99% |
| 1988 | 15281 | 0.004135541 | 94 | 15187 | -99% |
| 1989 | 15788 | 0.004106702 | 55 | 15733 | -99% |
| 1990 | 14669 | 0.003711343 | 39 | 14630 | -99% |
| 1991 | 13910 | 0.003571002 | 31 | 13879 | -100% |
| 1992 | 13484 | 0.003510295 | 29 | 13455 | -100% |
| 1993 | 12710 | 0.003371103 | 25 | 12685 | -100% |
| 1994 | 12823 | 0.003449219 | 32 | 12791 | -100% |
| 1995 | 12742 | 0.003479372 | 23 | 12719 | -100% |
| 1996 | 13809 | 0.003786197 | 24 | 13785 | -100% |
| 1997 | 13287 | 0.003664622 | 21 | 13266 | -100% |
| 1998 | 13078 | 0.003555537 | 17 | 13061 | -100% |
| 1999 | 13693 | 0.003706955 | 27 | 13666 | -100% |
| 2000 | 14868 | 0.003933433 | 24 | 14844 | -100% |
| 2001 | 14356 | 0.003835027 | 17 | 14339 | -100% |
| 2002 | 13518 | 0.003616091 | 26 | 13492 | -100% |
| 2003 | 14108 | 0.003710367 | 22 | 14086 | -100% |
| 2004 | 13896 | 0.003636818 | 67 | 13829 | -99% |
| 2005 | 13604 | 0.003538244 | 19 | 13585 | -100% |
| 2006 | 13777 | 0.003482392 | 12 | 13765 | -100% |
| 2007 | 13297 | 0.003326177 | 17 | 13280 | -100% |
| 2008 | 12980 | 0.00330224 | 22 | 12958 | -100% |
| 2009 | 13132 | 0.003437539 | 11 | 13121 | -100% |
| 2010 | 12461 | 0.003371721 | 23 | 12438 | -100% |
| 2011 | 13103 | 0.003582216 | 24 | 13079 | -100% |
| 2012 | 12848 | 0.00351291 | 15 | 12833 | -100% |
| 2013 | 13532 | 0.003711804 | 19 | 13513 | -100% |
| 2014 | 13844 | 0.003735185 | 17 | 13827 | -100% |
| 2015 | 13750 | 0.0037153 | 18 | 13732 | -100% |
| 2016 | 14694 | 0.004005236 | 12 | 14682 | -100% |
| 2017 | 13863 | 0.003876467 | 9 | 13854 | -100% |
| 2018 | 13503 | 0.003840556 | 20 | 13483 | -100% |
| 2019 | 13050 | 0.003759796 | 14 | 13036 | -100% |
| 2020 | 12264 | 0.003671222 | 10 | 12254 | -100% |
| 2021 | 11901 | 0.003512745 | 12 | 11889 | -100% |
| 2022 | 10914 | 0.003226002 | 10 | 10904 | -100% |
| 2023 | 10220 | 0.003086498 | 8 | 10212 | -100% |
| 2024 | 9820 | 0.002950277 | 6 | 9814 | -100% |