boys:
2.1k births since 1976
#2753 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1976
#5702 (26th percentile)
The name Benaiah is the #5,702 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,080 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 26.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,753 (39.9% percentile) for all time with 2,080 births since 1976.
Benaiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976). Birth data for Benaiah is available in 46 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Benaiah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 17.3% percentile (ranked #769) with 89 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 89 births per million (ranked 17.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2000, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Benaiah ranks #796 for boys (12.6% percentile) with 66 births per million, which is 74.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Benaiah".
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Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Benaiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Benaiah is pronounced as beh-NAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is beh-NAH-yuh, at 8.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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