Benjamen
Boy · BEN-ja-min · Hebrew
Benjamen is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of the right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Benjamen mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Benjamin
“son of the right hand”
In Genesis, Benjamin is the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel and ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Say it
- BEN-ja-min
Is Benjamen a girl's or a boy's name?
Benjamen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benjamen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Benjamen in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Benjamen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Benjamen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Benjamen, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1990, with 99 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Benjamen in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9,787 boys in the US were given Benjamen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #14, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Benjamen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 50 | #2,514 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 70 | #1,834 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 57 | #1,939 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,706 |
| 2000 | 65 | #1,721 |
| 1999 | 60 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 72 | #1,512 |
| 1997 | 71 | #1,483 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,332 |
| 1995 | 61 | #1,544 |
| 1994 | 70 | #1,395 |
| 1993 | 77 | #1,290 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 60 | #1,461 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,061 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,126 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,128 |
| 1987 | 73 | #1,122 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,101 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,065 |
| 1984 | 84 | #967 |
| 1983 | 74 | #1,028 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,013 |
| 1981 | 85 | #976 |
| 1980 | 67 | #1,103 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,044 |
| 1978 | 88 | #920 |
| 1977 | 88 | #904 |
| 1976 | 85 | #897 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,099 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,065 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,253 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,667 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,692 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
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