Is Bennie a boy or girl name?
Bennie is used for both, more often for boys in the US. In 2024, 27 girls and 53 boys were named Bennie, so 33.8% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 15.8% of the 62,567 US babies named Bennie were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #2,522
- Girl rank, 2024
- #4,896
- Babies named Bennie since 1880
- 62,567
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 1,215 babies
Boys and girls named Bennie, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 448 | 145 | 24.5% |
| 1890s | 902 | 230 | 20.3% |
| 1900s | 1,438 | 390 | 21.3% |
| 1910s | 5,647 | 1,167 | 17.1% |
| 1920s | 8,595 | 2,097 | 19.6% |
| 1930s | 8,705 | 2,176 | 20% |
| 1940s | 8,480 | 1,873 | 18.1% |
| 1950s | 7,182 | 1,018 | 12.4% |
| 1960s | 4,582 | 354 | 7.2% |
| 1970s | 2,634 | 146 | 5.3% |
| 1980s | 1,689 | 67 | 3.8% |
| 1990s | 1,022 | 6 | 0.6% |
| 2000s | 621 | 5 | 0.8% |
| 2010s | 479 | 72 | 13.1% |
| 2020s | 268 | 129 | 32.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53 | #2,522 | 27 | #4,896 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,582 | 30 | #4,577 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,325 | 32 | #4,391 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,630 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,421 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,812 | 12 | #8,677 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,056 | 12 | #8,691 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,681 | 8 | #11,817 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,593 | 12 | #8,980 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,431 | 6 | #14,791 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,894 | 7 | #13,293 |
| 2013 | 55 | #2,302 | 9 | #11,155 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,718 | 6 | #15,264 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,377 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,212 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,564 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,375 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,376 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 71 | #1,893 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,209 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 70 | #1,788 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,128 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 72 | #1,647 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 72 | #1,630 | 5 | #15,690 |
| 2000 | 73 | #1,612 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 76 | #1,491 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 74 | #1,488 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 95 | #1,228 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 89 | #1,247 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 98 | #1,160 | 6 | #11,963 |
| 1994 | 110 | #1,064 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 106 | #1,086 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 105 | #1,068 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 127 | #940 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 142 | #857 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 149 | #811 | 7 | #9,788 |
| 1988 | 145 | #784 | 6 | #10,508 |
| 1987 | 149 | #749 | 5 | #11,487 |
| 1986 | 162 | #710 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 143 | #741 | 7 | #8,424 |
| 1984 | 159 | #689 | 7 | #8,239 |
| 1983 | 166 | #665 | 8 | #7,378 |
| 1982 | 199 | #609 | 7 | #8,317 |
| 1981 | 209 | #592 | 10 | #6,371 |
| 1980 | 208 | #602 | 10 | #6,353 |
| 1979 | 249 | #537 | 15 | #4,644 |
| 1978 | 246 | #523 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1977 | 237 | #540 | 14 | #4,681 |
| 1976 | 219 | #543 | 15 | #4,172 |
| 1975 | 261 | #493 | 17 | #3,787 |
| 1974 | 245 | #506 | 6 | #7,780 |
| 1973 | 245 | #499 | 20 | #3,239 |
| 1972 | 271 | #478 | 13 | #4,320 |
| 1971 | 311 | #463 | 16 | #3,802 |
| 1970 | 350 | #434 | 25 | #2,783 |
| 1969 | 331 | #436 | 23 | #2,773 |
| 1968 | 376 | #402 | 27 | #2,365 |
| 1967 | 369 | #397 | 20 | #2,784 |
| 1966 | 443 | #357 | 28 | #2,254 |
| 1965 | 448 | #363 | 29 | #2,208 |
| 1964 | 513 | #348 | 41 | #1,838 |
| 1963 | 520 | #340 | 34 | #2,021 |
| 1962 | 513 | #346 | 51 | #1,577 |
| 1961 | 518 | #348 | 46 | #1,670 |
| 1960 | 551 | #329 | 55 | #1,489 |
| 1959 | 597 | #318 | 63 | #1,350 |
| 1958 | 638 | #297 | 75 | #1,227 |
| 1957 | 660 | #289 | 80 | #1,178 |
| 1956 | 733 | #270 | 93 | #1,059 |
| 1955 | 722 | #258 | 107 | #954 |
| 1954 | 746 | #258 | 98 | #984 |
| 1953 | 771 | #242 | 118 | #861 |
| 1952 | 749 | #248 | 125 | #811 |
| 1951 | 808 | #236 | 138 | #746 |
| 1950 | 758 | #238 | 121 | #790 |
| 1949 | 808 | #225 | 143 | #708 |
| 1948 | 835 | #223 | 145 | #689 |
| 1947 | 923 | #209 | 152 | #681 |
| 1946 | 885 | #196 | 183 | #590 |
| 1945 | 793 | #190 | 185 | #535 |
| 1944 | 820 | #188 | 216 | #489 |
| 1943 | 850 | #189 | 236 | #479 |
| 1942 | 883 | #178 | 216 | #507 |
| 1941 | 838 | #180 | 202 | #489 |
| 1940 | 845 | #175 | 195 | #495 |
| 1939 | 877 | #168 | 188 | #489 |
| 1938 | 872 | #170 | 211 | #464 |
| 1937 | 885 | #166 | 213 | #451 |
| 1936 | 888 | #162 | 213 | #443 |
| 1935 | 934 | #155 | 241 | #417 |
| 1934 | 813 | #173 | 228 | #432 |
| 1933 | 815 | #169 | 218 | #436 |
| 1932 | 883 | #167 | 238 | #425 |
| 1931 | 822 | #169 | 222 | #433 |
| 1930 | 916 | #162 | 204 | #470 |
| 1929 | 959 | #158 | 256 | #415 |
| 1928 | 832 | #174 | 226 | #457 |
| 1927 | 851 | #174 | 220 | #470 |
| 1926 | 865 | #169 | 207 | #481 |
| 1925 | 897 | #169 | 254 | #432 |
| 1924 | 873 | #168 | 199 | #498 |
| 1923 | 772 | #182 | 192 | #502 |
| 1922 | 915 | #166 | 212 | #473 |
| 1921 | 775 | #181 | 165 | #554 |
| 1920 | 856 | #161 | 166 | #555 |
| 1919 | 834 | #162 | 179 | #504 |
| 1918 | 819 | #167 | 181 | #506 |
| 1917 | 730 | #172 | 141 | #569 |
| 1916 | 720 | #169 | 118 | #623 |
| 1915 | 663 | #171 | 136 | #548 |
| 1914 | 598 | #154 | 104 | #549 |
| 1913 | 446 | #159 | 101 | #506 |
| 1912 | 392 | #154 | 70 | #576 |
| 1911 | 227 | #151 | 72 | #487 |
| 1910 | 218 | #146 | 65 | #503 |
| 1909 | 187 | #140 | 49 | #545 |
| 1908 | 158 | #149 | 49 | #520 |
| 1907 | 145 | #157 | 45 | #536 |
| 1906 | 133 | #151 | 43 | #528 |
| 1905 | 136 | #151 | 32 | #621 |
| 1904 | 158 | #134 | 34 | #577 |
| 1903 | 144 | #130 | 37 | #529 |
| 1902 | 124 | #147 | 33 | #572 |
| 1901 | 100 | #155 | 27 | #603 |
| 1900 | 153 | #142 | 41 | #524 |
| 1899 | 94 | #160 | 22 | #665 |
| 1898 | 116 | #146 | 26 | #633 |
| 1897 | 96 | #161 | 25 | #618 |
| 1896 | 96 | #165 | 24 | #637 |
| 1895 | 82 | #188 | 26 | #598 |
| 1894 | 121 | #135 | 19 | #686 |
| 1893 | 78 | #186 | 28 | #520 |
| 1892 | 90 | #175 | 21 | #618 |
| 1891 | 75 | #171 | 21 | #573 |
| 1890 | 54 | #224 | 18 | #620 |
| 1889 | 66 | #197 | 17 | #620 |
| 1888 | 77 | #194 | 35 | #420 |
| 1887 | 48 | #227 | 10 | #735 |
| 1886 | 43 | #258 | 22 | #461 |
| 1885 | 51 | #230 | 14 | #579 |
| 1884 | 51 | #235 | 17 | #504 |
| 1883 | 21 | #372 | 6 | #831 |
| 1882 | 33 | #299 | 7 | #749 |
| 1881 | 32 | #276 | 9 | #586 |
| 1880 | 26 | #335 | 8 | #633 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Bennie reached #130 in 1903. As a girl name, it reached #415 in 1929. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Bennie
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.