Benjamin in Illinois
Babies in Illinois
34,827
since 1910
Rank in Illinois · 2025
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recorded as girls
#9
recorded as boys
Peak year in Illinois
2019
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Illinois, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Benjamin in Illinois from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 365 | 9 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 390 | 8 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 431 | 7 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 462 | 6 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 492 | 5 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 542 | 4 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 632 | 3 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 550 | 4 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 622 | 3 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 633 | 4 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 618 | 6 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 649 | 7 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 636 | 8 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 569 | 13 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 647 | 10 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 551 | 18 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 592 | 17 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 592 | 19 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 608 | 19 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 633 | 19 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 632 | 20 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 648 | 21 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 662 | 21 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 698 | 20 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 677 | 22 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 725 | 21 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 644 | 25 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 593 | 29 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 605 | 30 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 617 | 30 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 598 | 30 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 544 | 38 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 535 | 35 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 603 | 34 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 584 | 35 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 589 | 34 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 672 | 31 |
| 1988 | 10 | 813 | 670 | 32 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 624 | 34 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 608 | 34 |
| 1985 | 7 | 989 | 586 | 35 |
| 1984 | 6 | 1068 | 591 | 34 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 605 | 34 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 560 | 36 |
| 1981 | 5 | 1255 | 580 | 36 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 575 | 36 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 536 | 35 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 508 | 34 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 532 | 33 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 469 | 35 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 441 | 39 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 286 | 54 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 218 | 65 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 177 | 82 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 183 | 87 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 148 | 116 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 133 | 121 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 130 | 120 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 94 | 158 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 80 | 170 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 87 | 164 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 95 | 165 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 103 | 158 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 98 | 167 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 88 | 171 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 79 | 190 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 87 | 181 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 89 | 170 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 95 | 165 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 81 | 175 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 92 | 157 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 72 | 173 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 86 | 156 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 72 | 163 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 85 | 144 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 75 | 147 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 59 | 173 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 46 | 192 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 57 | 174 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 45 | 182 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 35 | 181 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 38 | 183 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 50 | 162 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 63 | 144 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 43 | 166 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 36 | 179 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 31 | 189 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 48 | 160 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 34 | 176 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 43 | 155 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 46 | 151 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 36 | 174 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 36 | 160 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 42 | 154 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 49 | 144 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 46 | 159 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 60 | 131 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 63 | 123 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 81 | 114 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 63 | 133 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 80 | 112 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 73 | 124 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 67 | 126 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 76 | 115 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 81 | 108 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 65 | 127 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 80 | 101 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 110 | 87 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 103 | 89 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 77 | 110 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 83 | 102 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 64 | 100 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 59 | 90 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 43 | 99 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 15 | 106 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 15 | 96 |