Banjamin comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Shortened form of the name Benjamin..
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How popular is Banjamin?
1987peak year
Today, Banjamin is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #11372), with only about 6 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1987, 28 babies were given the name (ranked #2118 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. In all, around 303 babies have been registered as Banjamin since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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