Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1976–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.
More children were named Benaiah in 2025 than in any other year — 181 of them. 1976 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. In 2025 it ranked #1,169 with 181 births.
Over ten years the count has risen 50%. Year on year the rank improved by 74.
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.
How many people are named Benaiah?
An estimated 2,400 living Americans are called Benaiah. SSA has recorded 2,421 births under the name since 1880.
This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is
multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table.
How the estimate works.
How old is the average Benaiah?
The typical living Benaiah is 8 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Benaiah a current name.
Your Benaiah
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.
Where Benaiah is most common
Tennessee uses the name 1.8× as often as the country as a whole. Colorado, Washington and Indiana follow.
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Benaiah is over-represented, 2016–2025.
The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.