Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Bennie

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bennie
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.5% from peak

Peak era

1929

Peak rank proxy

959

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19292024

Peak year

1929

Decline from peak

94.5%

2024

All-time

52,692

Bennie once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1929, when 959 boys were named Bennie.

In 2024, only 53 boys were given the name.

Down 94.5% from its peak.

All told, about 52,692 Americans have been named Bennie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.5% from peak

1929959 boys named Bennie

202453 boys named Bennie

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