How Many People Are Named Benjamen?

3,085

people named Benjamen are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 110,789 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,687 babies named Benjamen in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,088

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,900

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Peak Year

1990

99 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Benjamen in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Benjamen alive today is about 36 years old, and 56% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 46 in 2025.

Under 30 1,129
36.6%
30 to 59 1,719
55.7%
60 and over 238
7.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Benjamen first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1990, to 99 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Benjamen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #667, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #9,827.

Boys
Rank in 2025#9,827
Best rank#667 (1884)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,054 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Benjamen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Benjamen were born in California than in any other state: about 141 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Benjamen was given 2.9 times as often in Ohio, 2.1 times in Michigan and 1.9 times in Pennsylvania.

California 141
Ohio 81
Texas 73
Pennsylvania 54
Michigan 48
Indiana 38
Illinois 33
Wisconsin 26
Florida 26
New York 25
Iowa 20
Minnesota 13
Missouri 12
Georgia 11
Virginia 10
Arizona 6
Washington 6
Alabama 6
Colorado 5
Tennessee 5

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