girls:
601 births since 1917
#5115 (10th percentile)
boys:
47.9k births since 1882
#515 (89th percentile)
overall:
48.5k births since 1882
#1099 (86th percentile)
The name Benny is the #1,099 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 48,534 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 85.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 85.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #515 (88.8% percentile) for all time with 47,933 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #5,115 (10.5% percentile) for all time with 601 births since 1917.
Benny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1917 for girls). Birth data for Benny is available in 141 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (141 years for boys and 65 years for girls). 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.
The name Benny has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Benny reached its peak popularity in 1943, achieving the 69.4% percentile (ranked #175) with 660 births per million. The name was most common in 1939, with 762 births per million (ranked 67.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Benny ranks #707 for boys (22.4% percentile) with 114 births per million, which is 15.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Benny reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #569) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Benny ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 31.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Benny".
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