How Many People Are Named Benny Agbayani?

There are approximately 1 people named Benny Agbayani living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Benny with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Agbayani. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Benny

Last Name

Agbayani

Benny: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Benny. The peak year was 1948 with 1,074 births. The average person named Benny today is 58 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Benny

In the 2020 Census, the first name Benny was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (50.09%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (22.80%) and Black (13.16%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Benny in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Benny rose or fell over time.

White

50.09%

Black

13.16%

Hispanic

22.80%

Asian/Pacific Islander

10.17%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.49%

Two or More Races

2.29%

Ancestry of the Agbayani Surname

The surname Agbayani was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Agbayani in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

3.63%

Hispanic

4.05%

Asian/Pacific Islander

84.74%

Two or More Races

7.59%

How we calculated this

The first name "Benny" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Agbayani" appears at a rate of 0.40 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Benny are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Benny

Benny Smith Benny Johnson Benny Williams Benny Jones Benny Brown Benny Garcia Benny Hill Benny Goodman

Other people with the surname Agbayani

Michael Agbayani James Agbayani John Agbayani Robert Agbayani David Agbayani William Agbayani

Benny Agbayani: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Benny Agbayani?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Benny Agbayani are alive in the United States today. The first name Benny is shared by 29,550 Americans, and the surname Agbayani is shared by 1,360.

How rare is the name Benny Agbayani?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Benny is uncommon and the surname Agbayani is rare.

Is Benny a male or female name?

Benny is predominantly male, with 98.7% of bearers being male and 1.3% female. It peaked in popularity in 1948 and the average bearer today is 58 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Benny?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Benny was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (50.09%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (22.80%) and Black (13.16%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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