How Many People Are Named Benjamin?
people named Benjamin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 475 people in the US has this name
Based on 829,312 babies named Benjamin in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
15,788 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hungarian form of BENJAMIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Benjamin (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Benjamin alive today is about 29 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Benjamin first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1989, to 15,788 babies. In 2025, 9,770 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Benjamin reached #6 among boys' names in 2016 to 2018, and was in the top 10 for 8 years, 2015 to 2022. In 2025 it ranked #11.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11 |
| Best rank | #6 (2016 to 2018) |
| Years in the top 10 | 8 |
| Years in the top 100 | 105 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #31 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Benjamin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Benjamin were born in California than in any other state: about 75,340 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Benjamin was given 1.9 times as often in New Hampshire, 1.8 times in Maine and 1.7 times in Vermont.
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