Benjamin · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1914

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 109 recorded years as a table

Benjamin, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1914	7
1915	7
1916	5
1917	5
1919	9
1920	5
1921	7
1922	7
1923	4
1924	4
1925	7
1926	11
1927	6
1928	14
1929	15
1930	7
1931	8
1932	11
1933	10
1934	7
1935	7
1937	6
1938	7
1939	5
1940	5
1941	7
1943	9
1944	6
1945	6
1946	4
1947	4
1948	3
1949	4
1950	5
1951	6
1952	4
1953	6
1954	5
1955	5
1956	2
1957	6
1958	6
1959	4
1960	4
1961	4
1962	8
1963	8
1964	6
1965	8
1966	8
1967	11
1968	13
1969	9
1970	13
1971	16
1972	12
1973	21
1974	26
1975	32
1976	36
1977	41
1978	48
1979	49
1980	48
1981	41
1982	50
1983	57
1984	43
1985	51
1986	50
1987	42
1988	53
1989	30
1990	21
1991	17
1992	16
1993	14
1994	18
1995	13
1996	14
1997	12
1998	10
1999	15
2000	13
2001	9
2002	14
2003	12
2004	36
2005	10
2006	6
2007	9
2008	12
2009	6
2010	13
2011	14
2012	9
2013	11
2014	10
2015	10
2016	7
2017	5
2018	12
2019	8
2020	6
2021	7
2022	6
2023	5
2024	4
2025	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Benjamin 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 8
Rank in 2025: #10,917
How rare: 1 in 200,908 girls
Since 1914: 2,482

Most popular in 1983, at 57 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 51% per million girls born.

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