How Many People Are Named Bennie?
people named Bennie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,680 people in the US has this name
Based on 62,689 babies named Bennie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,215 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Bennie in English. Counting Bennie and these spellings together, about 50,905 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Bennie, 13.9% were girls and 86.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Bennie rose from 24.5% in the 1880s to 37% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1990s, at 0.6%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bennie alive today is about 62 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bennie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1929, to 1,215 babies. In 2025, 114 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bennie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #130, in 1903. In 2025 it ranked #2,519. Among girls, its best rank was #415, in 1929.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,519 | #2,782 |
| Best rank | #130 (1903) | #415 (1929) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #168 in the 1930s | #452 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bennie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bennie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,857 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bennie was given 4.8 times as often in Mississippi, 3.8 times in New Mexico and 3.6 times in Georgia.
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