Benjy Popularity by Year

Follow Benjy across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Benjy birth-count history

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Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2025	Boys	8	#8,910	Up 3,236 places
2021	Boys	5	#12,146	Down 124 places
2020	Boys	5	#12,022	Up 123 places
2019	Boys	5	#12,145	Up 101 places
2017	Boys	5	#12,246	Down 15 places
2010	Boys	5	#12,231	Down 3,116 places
2005	Boys	7	#9,115	Up 2,241 places
2004	Boys	5	#11,356	Down 462 places
2003	Boys	5	#10,894	Down 5,539 places
1979	Boys	6	#5,355	Down 296 places
1978	Boys	6	#5,059	Down 1,453 places
1977	Boys	10	#3,606	Down 1,493 places
1976	Boys	22	#2,113	Down 112 places
1975	Boys	23	#2,001	Down 342 places
1974	Boys	29	#1,659	Up 746 places
1973	Boys	16	#2,405	Down 162 places
1972	Boys	17	#2,243	Up 123 places
1971	Boys	16	#2,366	Up 1,155 places
1970	Boys	8	#3,521	Down 660 places
1969	Boys	10	#2,861	Up 504 places
1968	Boys	7	#3,365	Down 748 places
1965	Boys	10	#2,617	Up 237 places
1964	Boys	9	#2,854	Down 1,062 places
1963	Boys	20	#1,792	Up 712 places
1962	Boys	11	#2,504	Up 34 places
1961	Boys	11	#2,538	Up 333 places
1960	Boys	9	#2,871	Down 341 places
1959	Boys	11	#2,530	Down 353 places
1958	Boys	14	#2,177	Up 454 places
1957	Boys	10	#2,631	Up 1,311 places
1956	Boys	5	#3,942	Down 1,178 places
1955	Boys	9	#2,764	Down 172 places
1954	Boys	10	#2,592	Up 551 places
1953	Boys	7	#3,143	Up 4 places
1936	Boys	6	#3,147	—