Benjaman

Boy · recorded 1880–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

09519018801915195019852020

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 128 recorded years as a table
Benjaman, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880109
188199
1882106
1883105
188461
1885139
1887128
1888190
1889109
189099
189149
189298
189353
189486
189560
189762
189898
189966
190047
190249
190342
190462
190545
190858
190937
191026
191149
191233
191331
191437
191525
191619
191736
191835
191934
192035
192123
192232
192329
192433
192531
192637
192721
192817
192930
193025
193116
193219
193314
193412
193514
193611
193712
193821
19398
19409
19419
19426
194311
19447
19457
19469
19478
19486
19497
19508
19519
19529
195311
19548
195510
19568
19576
19585
19594
19607
19615
19626
19633
19645
19654
19664
19675
19696
19706
19717
19729
19736
197411
197524
197618
197727
197816
197910
198017
198112
198215
198317
198413
19858
198612
198717
198812
198912
199010
199110
19928
19938
19945
19959
19968
19977
19987
19998
20006
20018
20026
20035
20044
20056
20063
20074
20083
20093
20103
20123
20133
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Benjaman isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020
5
Rank in 2020
#12,022
How rare
1 in 345,215 boys
Since 1880
2,024

Benjaman was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1888, at 190 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Benjaman doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.