Benny in California
Babies in California
4,754
since 1915
Rank in California · 2025
#3,095
recorded as girls
#638
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1935
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Benny in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 3,095 | 44 | 638 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 62 | 521 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 46 | 629 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,227 | 51 | 585 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 62 | 513 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 39 | 685 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 44 | 635 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 39 | 677 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 36 | 733 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 26 | 901 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 25 | 910 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 35 | 756 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 35 | 744 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 41 | 659 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 23 | 924 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 21 | 997 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 39 | 686 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 37 | 687 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 44 | 619 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 52 | 538 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 39 | 627 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 40 | 606 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 37 | 633 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 48 | 519 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 47 | 528 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 40 | 575 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 33 | 636 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 55 | 460 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 40 | 560 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 49 | 497 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 43 | 548 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 49 | 517 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 52 | 505 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 53 | 493 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 48 | 525 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 49 | 523 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 48 | 497 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 30 | 629 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 41 | 515 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 37 | 521 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 35 | 522 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 48 | 422 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 38 | 474 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 44 | 439 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 51 | 403 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 45 | 424 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 56 | 363 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 40 | 429 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 49 | 377 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 34 | 443 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 35 | 426 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 45 | 377 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 36 | 415 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 52 | 341 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 56 | 338 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 40 | 421 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 38 | 420 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 50 | 350 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 45 | 364 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 41 | 373 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 50 | 350 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 69 | 300 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 69 | 305 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 73 | 290 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 66 | 306 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 78 | 280 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 64 | 299 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 74 | 267 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 78 | 259 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 62 | 271 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 46 | 308 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 51 | 276 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 63 | 242 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 57 | 243 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 54 | 249 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 56 | 239 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 65 | 220 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 70 | 207 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 58 | 232 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 68 | 191 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 51 | 205 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 54 | 196 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 63 | 176 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 61 | 162 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 49 | 167 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 39 | 181 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 42 | 165 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 45 | 151 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 41 | 159 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 28 | 187 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 41 | 154 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 39 | 158 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 35 | 158 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 29 | 181 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 40 | 154 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 35 | 174 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 31 | 181 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 32 | 183 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 19 | 239 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 23 | 212 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 18 | 241 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 25 | 208 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 18 | 235 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 10 | 308 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 16 | 215 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 8 | 288 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 10 | 249 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 8 | 278 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 6 | 304 |