Beniah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- beh-NYE-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Beniah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has built”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Beniah mean?
Hebrew: form of Benaiah
“God has built”
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was one of King David's mighty warriors and later Solomon's army commander.
Is Beniah a girl's or a boy's name?
Beniah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Beniah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Beniah, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Beniah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Beniah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Nicknames for Beniah
- Ben 122 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Beniah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Messiah Eziah Eliam Jesiah Azariah Josiah Joziah Hezekiah Asaiah Jaziel Asiah Aziel
Names related to Beniah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Beniah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/beniah, updated 20 October 2026.