Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Bejamin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bejamin” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Bejamin” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Bejamin” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Bejamin” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Bejamin” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Bejamin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bejamin” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 -100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 28 0.000008094 28 -100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 -100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 29 0.000008153 29 -100%
1987 28 0.000007766 28 -100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 -100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%

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