Benjaman
Benjaman is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 388th, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197744 births
- Best rank
- #388in 1888
- Since 1880
- 2,024people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,024 boys have been named Benjaman in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 44 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 44 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Benjaman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | |
| 1890s | 77 | |
| 1900s | 47 | |
| 1910s | 209 | |
| 1920s | 317 | |
| 1930s | 161 | |
| 1940s | 114 | |
| 1950s | 157 | |
| 1960s | 86 | |
| 1970s | 220 | |
| 1980s | 250 | |
| 1990s | 157 | |
| 2000s | 92 | |
| 2010s | 17 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1977, its biggest year
Benjaman was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1977 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Benjaman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Benjimanpeak 1921
- Christpeak 1923
- Newtonpeak 1919
- Youngpeak 1991
- Lafayettepeak 1921
- Hirampeak 1920
- Nelspeak 1918
- Alvahpeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.