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How popular is “Benjaman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Benjaman” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Benjaman” 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 “Benjaman” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Benjaman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Benjaman” 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
1880 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 23 0.000076801 23 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1898 12 0.000031458 12 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 -100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 33 0.000016444 33 -100%
1918 35 0.000016121 35 -100%
1919 33 0.000015638 33 -100%
1920 37 0.000016353 37 -100%
1921 25 0.000010709 25 -100%
1922 35 0.000015289 35 -100%
1923 32 0.000013898 32 -100%
1924 37 0.000015536 37 -100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 -100%
1926 41 0.000017858 41 -100%
1927 24 0.000010348 24 -100%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 -100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 -100%
1930 27 0.000012144 27 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 -100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 23 0.000010395 23 -100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 -100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 -100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 14 0.00000337 14 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 -100%
1975 38 0.000012585 38 -100%
1976 29 0.000009557 29 -100%
1977 44 0.000013852 44 -100%
1978 26 0.000008192 26 -100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 -100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 -100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 30 0.000008662 30 -100%
1984 23 0.000006593 23 -100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 -100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 -100%
1987 32 0.000008875 32 -100%
1988 23 0.000006225 23 -100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 -100%
1990 21 0.000005313 21 -100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 -100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 -100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%

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