Beni
Boy · BEN-ee · Hebrew
Beni is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of the right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Beni mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Bennie; pet form of Benjamin
“son of the right hand”
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- BEN-ee
Meaning borrowed from Bennie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Beni a girl's or a boy's name?
Beni is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Beni in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Beni, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Beni in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 96 boys in the UK were given Beni or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #455, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Beni in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Beni in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Beni, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. It first appears in the records in 1963. 13 girls were also named Beni in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Beni of any year since it first appeared, in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Beni in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 378 boys in the US were given Beni or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #671, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Beni in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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