Benji

Boy · recorded 1952–2025

  • #1,341in 2025
  • 1 in 12,028boys in 2025
  • +190%last ten years
  • 1.7×in California

Most popular in 1975.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1952

05410819521970198920072025

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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 72 recorded years as a table
Benji, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19524
19552
19565
19573
195810
19597
19607
19615
19628
19639
19648
19659
19668
19675
196810
19699
19706
19716
197213
197311
197434
1975108
197661
197750
197839
197924
198022
198118
19828
19838
19848
19853
19864
19874
19887
19893
19906
19914
19926
19935
19945
19954
19964
19973
19985
19993
20008
20014
20026
20036
20044
20058
20068
20078
20087
200910
201013
201110
201210
201315
201423
201529
201626
201736
201840
201942
202060
202147
202274
202363
202461
202583

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. California 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
142
Rank in 2025
#1,341
How rare
1 in 12,028 boys
Since 1952
2,285

Most popular in 1975, at 108 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 190% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.7×63

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