BENJAMIN is ranked as the 169th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 377,513.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 118.4 people named BENJAMIN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 89% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named BENJAMIN is 596,868.
The SSA data also shows that BENJAMIN is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
BENJAMIN is
71.2% White,
11.9% Hispanic origin,
11.9% Black,
3.0% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name BENJAMIN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name BENJAMIN is included in the following name categories:
Masculine given name
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Bosnian masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Biblical surname
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Indonesian-Chinese surname
Common Danish masculine given name - DST Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Spanish masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name BENJAMIN
The state with the most people named
BENJAMIN is
California where
40,169 people have this name.
Utah is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named BENJAMIN, as
291.54 in every 100,000
Utahns
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Utah is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Massachusetts
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name BENJAMIN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
17,620
136.79
99.7%
Indiana
9,539
144.6
99.5%
Iowa
3,293
105.98
99.1%
Kansas
3,143
108.24
98.7%
Michigan
9,900
99.9
99.7%
Minnesota
6,309
115.61
99.5%
Missouri
4,693
156.75
99.4%
Nebraska
2,247
119.42
98.4%
North Dakota
909
122.88
96.3%
Ohio
19,170
165.34
99.7%
South Dakota
1,035
121.26
96.6%
Wisconsin
6,119
106.28
99.4%
West States
State stats for the first name BENJAMIN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,370
185.93
97.7%
Arizona
9,112
135.37
99.4%
California
40,169
103.52
99.8%
Colorado
10,272
191.78
99.6%
Hawaii
1,969
138.69
99.3%
Idaho
2,772
169.58
98.9%
Montana
1,490
145.61
97.9%
Nevada
4,265
150.21
99.3%
New Mexico
3,231
154.91
98.9%
Oregon
6,597
166.17
99.4%
Utah
8,580
291.54
99.6%
Washington
6,770
95.88
99.6%
Wyoming
830
142.07
96.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name BENJAMIN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
3,065
85.22
99.0%
Maine
1,253
94.2
97.1%
Massachusetts
4,987
73.93
99.1%
New Hampshire
1,065
80.28
97.1%
New Jersey
8,183
91.55
99.5%
New York
17,862
90.46
99.8%
Pennsylvania
19,228
150.37
99.7%
Rhode Island
930
88.11
97.5%
Vermont
996
158.91
98.3%
South States
State stats for the first name BENJAMIN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have BENJAMIN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named BENJAMIN.
The most popular full name is BENJAMIN Smith.
0.91% of all the people named BENJAMIN
have this family name.
There are 28227 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name BENJAMIN