Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Bennie was most popular in 1929, when 1,215 American babies were given the name — ranking #309 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,232, with 114 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 62,689 people named Bennie.
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Bennie is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 146 of the 146 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 62,689 American births named Bennie between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 23,710 are estimated to be alive today.
114 American babies were named Bennie in 2025, ranking #3,232 that year.
Bennie is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 89 births a year, against 55 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +63% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Bennie is mostly a boy’s name — 15.8% of the 62,689 Americans given it were girls and 84.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 32% girls and 68% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 23,710 Americans named Bennie are alive today — 38% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 68 years old, and half are between 53 and 78.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org