Benjamin in Iowa
Babies in Iowa
11,464
since 1911
Rank in Iowa · 2025
#27
recorded as boys
Peak year in Iowa
1988
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Iowa, 1910–2025
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Benjamin in Iowa from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 75 | 27 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 89 | 19 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 89 | 17 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 86 | 20 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 105 | 13 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 95 | 17 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 104 | 16 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 95 | 22 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 118 | 12 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 154 | 6 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 110 | 19 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 132 | 10 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 106 | 25 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 129 | 12 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 140 | 13 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 145 | 12 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 141 | 15 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 160 | 9 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 176 | 10 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 157 | 18 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 185 | 6 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 173 | 12 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 160 | 19 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 177 | 14 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 184 | 13 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 220 | 10 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 194 | 17 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 171 | 19 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 196 | 14 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 222 | 13 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 203 | 17 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 189 | 21 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 233 | 18 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 233 | 18 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 218 | 21 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 302 | 15 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 301 | 15 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 297 | 14 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 292 | 15 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 281 | 17 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 278 | 20 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 295 | 20 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 310 | 19 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 356 | 15 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 325 | 19 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 355 | 19 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 314 | 23 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 274 | 26 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 316 | 20 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 259 | 22 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 209 | 27 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 148 | 36 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 99 | 46 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 61 | 69 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 47 | 88 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 54 | 88 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 47 | 93 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 25 | 132 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 18 | 155 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 17 | 165 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 18 | 175 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 27 | 139 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 15 | 201 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 13 | 229 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 20 | 185 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 15 | 215 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 9 | 265 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 16 | 195 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 20 | 177 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 17 | 190 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 23 | 164 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 17 | 189 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 17 | 192 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 19 | 184 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 10 | 242 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 13 | 224 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 11 | 235 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 10 | 243 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 11 | 232 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 5 | 286 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 15 | 177 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 13 | 195 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 11 | 217 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 14 | 186 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 8 | 241 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 8 | 237 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 8 | 228 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 8 | 247 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 10 | 202 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 8 | 242 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 11 | 196 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 9 | 216 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 13 | 189 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 16 | 173 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 12 | 195 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 14 | 187 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 7 | 259 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 16 | 174 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 19 | 152 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 20 | 152 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 24 | 140 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 25 | 138 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 32 | 128 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 18 | 165 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 24 | 134 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 24 | 141 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 35 | 107 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 19 | 151 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 23 | 123 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 13 | 151 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 15 | 113 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 13 | 117 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 9 | 71 |