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How popular is “Benjamine” in the USA?

Number of people named “Benjamine” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Benjamine” by birth year

This chart shows how “Benjamine” 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 13 0.000064521 13 -100%
1881 17 0.000088226 17 -100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 -100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 -100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 -100%
1918 30 0.000013818 30 -100%
1919 35 0.000016586 35 -100%
1920 27 0.000011933 27 -100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 19 0.000008192 19 -100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 -100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 -100%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 19 0.000004708 19 -100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 -100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 -100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 23 0.000007566 23 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 -100%
1976 24 0.00000791 24 -100%
1977 27 0.0000085 27 -100%
1978 24 0.000007562 24 -100%
1979 34 0.000010219 34 -100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 -100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 -100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 -100%
1983 26 0.000007507 26 -100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 -100%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 -100%
1986 25 0.000007028 25 -100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 -100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 -100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 -100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 -100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 -100%
1992 18 0.000004686 18 -100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 -100%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 -100%
1995 19 0.000005188 19 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 -100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%

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