Benjamin is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #18 for boy births in the United States, given to 9,770 babies. Benjamin first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1989 (15,788 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,770 | #18 |
| 2024 | 9,871 | #18 |
| 2023 | 10,232 | #18 |
| 2022 | 10,922 | #17 |
| 2021 | 11,907 | #13 |
| 2020 | 12,274 | #13 |
| 2019 | 13,058 | #13 |
| 2018 | 13,508 | #12 |
| 2017 | 13,867 | #11 |
| 2016 | 14,698 | #11 |
| 2015 | 13,750 | #17 |
| 2014 | 13,847 | #18 |
| 2013 | 13,534 | #19 |
| 2012 | 12,850 | #23 |
| 2011 | 13,106 | #27 |
| 2010 | 12,462 | #30 |
| 2009 | 13,134 | #28 |
| 2008 | 12,980 | #33 |
| 2007 | 13,299 | #37 |
| 2006 | 13,778 | #34 |
| 2005 | 13,605 | #36 |
| 2004 | 13,899 | #36 |
| 2003 | 14,108 | #35 |
| 2002 | 13,518 | #40 |
| 2001 | 14,356 | #38 |
| 2000 | 14,869 | #37 |
| 1999 | 13,693 | #43 |
| 1998 | 13,078 | #43 |
| 1997 | 13,287 | #42 |
| 1996 | 13,808 | #43 |
| 1995 | 12,743 | #48 |
| 1994 | 12,823 | #49 |
| 1993 | 12,711 | #54 |
| 1992 | 13,484 | #52 |
| 1991 | 13,908 | #51 |
| 1990 | 14,672 | #50 |
| 1989 | 15,788 | #46 |
| 1988 | 15,281 | #49 |
| 1987 | 14,965 | #45 |
| 1986 | 13,878 | #51 |
| 1985 | 13,511 | #54 |
| 1984 | 13,339 | #53 |
| 1983 | 13,381 | #53 |
| 1982 | 13,890 | #54 |
| 1981 | 14,429 | #49 |
| 1980 | 13,702 | #52 |
| 1979 | 12,591 | #52 |
| 1978 | 11,487 | #54 |
| 1977 | 12,169 | #48 |
| 1976 | 10,725 | #54 |
| 1975 | 9,591 | #57 |
| 1974 | 7,221 | #83 |
| 1973 | 5,256 | #110 |
| 1972 | 4,516 | #135 |
| 1971 | 4,278 | #151 |
| 1970 | 3,948 | #181 |
| 1969 | 3,395 | #203 |
| 1968 | 3,039 | #211 |
| 1967 | 2,522 | #260 |
| 1966 | 2,390 | #277 |
| 1965 | 2,352 | #293 |
| 1964 | 2,515 | #289 |
| 1963 | 2,363 | #312 |
| 1962 | 2,522 | #301 |
| 1961 | 2,397 | #317 |
| 1960 | 2,258 | #333 |
| 1959 | 2,340 | #318 |
| 1958 | 2,269 | #317 |
| 1957 | 2,502 | #293 |
| 1956 | 2,477 | #282 |
| 1955 | 2,459 | #279 |
| 1954 | 2,461 | #281 |
| 1953 | 2,424 | #276 |
| 1952 | 2,448 | #268 |
| 1951 | 2,355 | #266 |
| 1950 | 2,193 | #269 |
| 1949 | 2,023 | #284 |
| 1948 | 1,968 | #288 |
| 1947 | 1,938 | #298 |
| 1946 | 1,662 | #309 |
| 1945 | 1,570 | #295 |
| 1944 | 1,630 | #284 |
| 1943 | 1,731 | #286 |
| 1942 | 1,692 | #283 |
| 1941 | 1,586 | #278 |
| 1940 | 1,452 | #284 |
| 1939 | 1,428 | #279 |
| 1938 | 1,424 | #282 |
| 1937 | 1,428 | #272 |
| 1936 | 1,354 | #278 |
| 1935 | 1,416 | #269 |
| 1934 | 1,490 | #258 |
| 1933 | 1,423 | #262 |
| 1932 | 1,551 | #253 |
| 1931 | 1,568 | #253 |
| 1930 | 1,602 | #252 |
| 1929 | 1,712 | #241 |
| 1928 | 1,821 | #237 |
| 1927 | 1,932 | #237 |
| 1926 | 1,911 | #234 |
| 1925 | 2,077 | #225 |
| 1924 | 2,226 | #218 |
| 1923 | 2,321 | #204 |
| 1922 | 2,386 | #196 |
| 1921 | 2,421 | #197 |
| 1920 | 2,315 | #196 |
| 1919 | 2,289 | #186 |
| 1918 | 2,431 | #184 |
| 1917 | 2,391 | #175 |
| 1916 | 2,191 | #181 |
| 1915 | 2,248 | #168 |
| 1914 | 1,828 | #160 |
| 1913 | 1,466 | #163 |
| 1912 | 1,272 | #163 |
| 1911 | 690 | #186 |
| 1910 | 536 | #225 |
| 1909 | 489 | #212 |
| 1908 | 480 | #209 |
| 1907 | 460 | #209 |
| 1906 | 352 | #234 |
| 1905 | 379 | #222 |
| 1904 | 358 | #219 |
| 1903 | 324 | #227 |
| 1902 | 374 | #207 |
| 1901 | 343 | #204 |
| 1900 | 450 | #194 |
| 1899 | 335 | #198 |
| 1898 | 405 | #187 |
| 1897 | 378 | #183 |
| 1896 | 416 | #168 |
| 1895 | 452 | #158 |
| 1894 | 469 | #152 |
| 1893 | 482 | #144 |
| 1892 | 525 | #137 |
| 1891 | 461 | #134 |
| 1890 | 537 | #117 |
| 1889 | 760 | #84 |
| 1888 | 781 | #88 |
| 1887 | 473 | #109 |
| 1886 | 463 | #113 |
| 1885 | 464 | #110 |
| 1884 | 509 | #106 |
| 1883 | 508 | #92 |
| 1882 | 478 | #97 |
| 1881 | 481 | #86 |
| 1880 | 490 | #86 |