first name
BENNY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,165 people named Benny, 50.1% reported their origin as White, 22.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.2% as Black. 98.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Benny peaked in 1948, when 1,074 babies got the name.
At least 49,144 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.
Benny by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #412. The largest share of babies named Benny, 33.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Benny is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Benny has been most common in New Mexico (4.3×), Arkansas (2.9×), and Oklahoma (2.3×), and least common in Minnesota (0.07×).
43,087 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 Benny
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Benny, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Benny ranks #20,808 of 156,621, with 1,287 people. See Benny as a last name
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