Boy
Benjamin
Benjamin is a boy's name, a household name, that has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1980s.
HebrewSon of the right hand
HebrewFortunate, favorite son
Births by decade
1900s
4,009
1910s
17,342
1920s
21,122
1930s
14,681
1940s
17,245
1950s
23,934
1960s
25,769
1970s
81,838
1980s
142,167
1990s
134,156
2000s
137,434
2010s
107,783
Peaked in the 1980s · 727,480 total U.S. births since 1900