Benjiman
Benjiman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 234th, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192189 births
- Best rank
- #234in 1888
- Since 1880
- 4,295people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,295 boys have been named Benjiman in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 89 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 89 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Benjiman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 296 | |
| 1890s | 215 | |
| 1900s | 133 | |
| 1910s | 467 | |
| 1920s | 636 | |
| 1930s | 350 | |
| 1940s | 234 | |
| 1950s | 242 | |
| 1960s | 196 | |
| 1970s | 372 | |
| 1980s | 378 | |
| 1990s | 264 | |
| 2000s | 229 | |
| 2010s | 220 | |
| 2020s | 63 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Benjiman was the 687th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Benjiman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Benjamanpeak 1977
- Christpeak 1923
- Rollapeak 1916
- Colonelpeak 1920
- Gustpeak 1923
- Greenpeak 1927
- Hirampeak 1920
- Nelspeak 1918
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.