Benjamin

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #11in 2025
  • 1 in 174boys in 2025
  • −20%last ten years
  • 2.4×in Vermont

Most popular in 1981. Quieter now: down 20% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

04,0098,01718801916195319892025

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Benjamin, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18804,435
18814,775
18824,205
18834,855
18844,448
18854,304
18864,179
18874,664
18886,462
18896,873
18904,837
18914,556
18924,302
18934,291
18944,051
18953,850
18963,479
18973,352
18983,301
18993,154
19002,991
19013,222
19023,049
19032,717
19042,794
19052,865
19062,644
19073,133
19083,110
19092,982
19102,760
19113,054
19122,959
19132,860
19142,784
19152,641
19162,456
19172,578
19182,399
19192,325
19202,169
19212,190
19222,185
19232,113
19241,961
19251,854
19261,709
19271,708
19281,630
19291,576
19301,453
19311,500
19321,474
19331,425
19341,436
19351,353
19361,305
19371,333
19381,277
19391,286
19401,247
19411,285
19421,225
19431,204
19441,190
19451,161
19461,019
19471,055
19481,119
19491,136
19501,220
19511,245
19521,255
19531,223
19541,203
19551,189
19561,169
19571,154
19581,063
19591,092
19601,055
19611,124
19621,212
19631,156
19641,256
19651,256
19661,333
19671,436
19681,736
19691,890
19702,113
19712,404
19722,774
19733,353
19744,568
19756,113
19766,802
19777,367
19786,952
19797,268
19807,636
19818,017
19827,608
19837,411
19847,350
19857,263
19867,490
19877,977
19887,934
19897,863
19907,124
19916,869
19926,736
19936,468
19946,620
19956,682
19967,277
19977,037
19986,833
19997,117
20007,559
20017,380
20026,949
20037,131
20046,968
20056,802
20066,698
20076,400
20086,351
20096,616
20106,483
20116,888
20126,766
20137,145
20147,200
20157,164
20167,739
20177,487
20187,427
20197,270
20207,105
20216,799
20226,250
20235,977
20245,726
20255,715

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Vermont 2.4×
  2. District of Columbia 2.3×
  3. Wyoming 2.2×
  4. Rhode Island 2.1×
  5. New Hampshire 2.1×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
9,762
Rank in 2025
#11
How rare
1 in 174 boys
Since 1880
826,830

Most popular in 1981, at 8,017 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 20% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont2.4×49
District of Columbia2.3×110
Wyoming2.2×42
Rhode Island2.1×116
New Hampshire2.1×158

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