Mostly boys · peaked in 1904
Bennie name popularity since 1925
47,197 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Bennie (15.0% girls, 85.0% boys). Half of them were born in 1946 or earlier, so the typical Bennie is about 80 years old in 2026. Bennie peaked in 1904 as the #134 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 47,197
- Named Bennie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1904
- #134 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,519 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 85.0% boys
- 7,070 girls · 40,127 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 6.98× its national share
Peak year is the year Bennie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Bennie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1929. Measured as a share of all babies, Bennie peaked earlier, in 1904.
- Steepest fall: Between 1979 and 1984, Bennie's share of baby boys fell by 39%, from 1 in 6,910 to 1 in 11,400.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Bennie's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Bennie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Bennie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,163 | 4,404 | – |
| 1930s | 2,176 | 8,705 | #155 |
| 1940s | 1,873 | 8,480 | #190 |
| 1950s | 1,018 | 7,182 | #258 |
| 1960s | 354 | 4,582 | #363 |
| 1970s | 146 | 2,634 | #493 |
| 1980s | 67 | 1,689 | #742 |
| 1990s | 6 | 1,022 | #1,160 |
| 2000s | 5 | 626 | #2,186 |
| 2010s | 72 | 480 | #2,432 |
| 2020–25 | 190 | 323 | #2,519 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.2% of babies named Bennie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Bennie is most popular
The index compares Bennie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Bennie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 6.98× | 3,611 |
| Arkansas | 4.57× | 2,007 |
| South Carolina | 4.02× | 2,407 |
| Alabama | 3.94× | 2,978 |
| Georgia | 3.47× | 4,098 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Bennie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Bennie (this page) | 40,127 | 1904 |
| Benny | 44,791 | 1939 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Bennie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Bennie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Bennie (1904).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data