Beniamin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ben-YAH-meen
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
Beniamin is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of the right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies).
What does Beniamin mean?
Hebrew: Polish and Romanian form of Benjamin
“son of the right hand”
Is Beniamin a girl's or a boy's name?
Beniamin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Beniamin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Beniamin, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Beniamin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Beniamin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
Names like Beniamin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elijah, Austin, Reuben, Zachary, Noah, Elias, Gabriel, Tobias, Caleb, Raphael, Isaiah, Ibrahim
Names related to Beniamin
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Beniamin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/beniamin, updated 20 October 2026.