Benny

Boy · recorded 1882–2025

  • #840in 2025
  • 1 in 5,829boys in 2025
  • +179%last ten years
  • 4.0×in Utah

Most popular in 1939, and up 179% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

039178118821918195419892025

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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 143 recorded years as a table
Benny, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188244
188444
188583
1886117
188799
188850
188945
189063
189159
189274
189380
189478
189585
1896134
1897106
1898147
1899122
1900206
1901160
1902106
1903143
1904140
1905204
1906233
1907279
1908240
1909189
1910242
1911221
1912202
1913238
1914220
1915247
1916220
1917241
1918278
1919281
1920256
1921287
1922275
1923316
1924366
1925353
1926359
1927381
1928415
1929449
1930486
1931578
1932568
1933600
1934662
1935651
1936706
1937713
1938742
1939781
1940702
1941680
1942635
1943673
1944658
1945611
1946618
1947580
1948607
1949546
1950489
1951492
1952461
1953455
1954448
1955399
1956418
1957405
1958411
1959396
1960368
1961338
1962364
1963314
1964297
1965276
1966257
1967228
1968232
1969222
1970207
1971209
1972215
1973194
1974219
1975208
1976182
1977183
1978194
1979197
1980166
1981163
1982159
1983119
1984117
1985115
1986115
1987113
1988100
1989105
199099
199199
1992102
1993106
199481
199596
199694
199788
199890
199982
200098
200185
200299
200382
200491
200584
200694
200793
200876
200975
201080
201178
201271
201375
201473
201562
201664
201771
201881
201990
202098
2021124
2022121
2023122
2024155
2025172

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Utah 4.0×
  2. Arizona 2.3×
  3. California 1.9×
  4. New York 1.1×
  5. Texas 1.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
293
Rank in 2025
#840
How rare
1 in 5,829 boys
Since 1882
48,500

Most popular in 1939, at 781 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 179% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Utah4.0×34
Arizona2.3×34
California1.9×152
New York1.1×43
Texas1.1×85

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