first name
BENJAMIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 606,324 people named Benjamin, 73.9% reported their origin as White, 13.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Benjamin peaked in 1989, when 15,788 babies got the name.
At least 829,312 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Benjamin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, it ranked #17 in every decade from the 2010s to the 2020s. The largest share of babies named Benjamin, 26.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Benjamin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Benjamin has been most common in New Hampshire (2×), Alaska (2×), and Utah (1.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.65×).
812,462 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Benjamin
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Benjamin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Benjamin ranks #855 of 156,621, with 39,477 people. See Benjamin as a last name
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