Benjamin vs Samuel

Benjamin is the more popular boy name in Canada, #9 to #32 in 2023. Benjamin is the more popular boy name in the United States, #11 to #17 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

BenjaminSamuel#1#10#25#50Canada#9 → #32 ↓23United States#11 → #17 ↓6Alberta#12 → #29 ↓17British Columbia#14 → #25 ↓11Ontario#7 → #36 ↓29Quebec#26 → #31 ↓5
PlaceYear Benjamin Samuel Ahead
Canada2023#9#32Benjamin
United States2024#11#17Benjamin
Alberta2024#12#29Benjamin
British Columbia2024#14#25Benjamin
Ontario2024#7#36Benjamin
Quebec2024#26#31Benjamin

Benjamin and Samuel in Canada, 2020–2023

Benjamin slipped from #4 in 2020 to #9 in 2023 in Canada. Samuel slipped from #20 in 2020 to #32 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#9 Benjamin#32 Samuel2020202120222023

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Benjamin and Samuel in the United States, 2020–2024

Benjamin slipped from #7 in 2020 to #11 in 2024 in the United States. Samuel climbed from #25 in 2020 to #17 in 2024 in the United States.

#1#50#11 Benjamin#17 Samuel20202021202220232024

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How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.