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Benjy

Masculine

1936high 1974
#8910 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare8 boys in 2025

Benjy entered the US charts in 1936, peaked at #1659 in 1974, ranks #8910 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Benjy?

Benjy first appears in US birth records in 1936 — 89 years ago. The typical Benjy alive today was born around 1971, making them about 54 years old. About 300 people named Benjy are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Benjy most popular?

Benjy peaked in 1974, reaching #1659 nationally. Today it ranks #8910, 7,251 places below that high. See the whole 1974 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1936–20252915029819362025

US babies named Benjy per year from 1936 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#16591930s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1936
Most boys named
197429 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1659reached in 1974
Change vs 2021
+60.0%8 in 2025, from 5
Benjy sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1974, with 29 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Benjys among us

300

people named Benjy are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 213,510 born in 2025 was named Benjy

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Benjy

#8910
Benjy on the 2025 chart
#778
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Benjy went to 8 boys in 2025, but Benji is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 150, which makes it the 778th most-given boys’ name of the year — 8,132 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 11,387 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 213,510 for Benjy itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Audra test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Benjy's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Audra climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Audra's path sketches the road Benjy is walking now.

40%chance Benjy will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Benjy, aligned on its peakAudra· peak 1915not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsAudra · #6250Benjy today
Benjy today is about where Audra stood in 1966 — 51 years past a #1660-sized peak. By 1981, Audra had settled around #6250.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Benjy sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Benjy beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Benjy in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Benjythis name8#8910Davie8#8910Ned8#8910Darious8#8910Alois8#8910

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Benjys are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Benjy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Benjy?
Benjy is one of 2 recorded spellings. Benji is the more common one — 142 births in 2025 against 8 for Benjy.
How popular is the name Benjy in 2025?
Benjy ranks #8910 among US boy names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Benjy?
About 1 in every 213,510 US boys born in 2025 was named Benjy — 8 in all.
Will my child share the name Benjy with classmates?
Benjy will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Benjy

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Davie#8910 · Ned#8910 · Darious#8910 · Alois#8910 · Len#8910 · Barton#8910 · Desmon#8910 · Winfield#8910

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