Benjamyn
Boy · BEN-ja-min · Hebrew
Benjamyn 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 Benjamyn mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Benjamin
“son of the right hand”
Benjamin was the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel in the Book of Genesis.
- Say it
- BEN-ja-min
Is Benjamyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Benjamyn 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 Benjamyn 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 7 boys.
Benjamyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
How popular is Benjamyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Benjamyn, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Benjamyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9,787 boys in the US were given Benjamyn 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.
Benjamyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
Nicknames for Benjamyn
Names like Benjamyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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