Benji
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BEN-jee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,033 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,341 for boys
Benji is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of the right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 1,033rd for boys in the UK (32 babies) and 1,341st for boys in the US (142 babies).
What does Benji mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Benjamin
“son of the right hand”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Benji a girl's or a boy's name?
Benji is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the UK and 142 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benji in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,033rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 9,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were named Benji, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 33 boys.
Half of all the boys named Benji in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Benji or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #1,033 for this spelling alone.
- Benji 32
- Benjy 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Benji in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,003 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,017 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,017 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Benji in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,341st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 142 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 142 boys in the US were named Benji, making it the 1,341st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,579th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 168 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
2025 had more boys named Benji than any year since 1975.
Half of all the boys named Benji in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 155 boys in the US were given Benji or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,142, up from #1,341 for this spelling alone.
- Benji 142
- Benjy 8
- Benjie 5
Benji in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | #1,341 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,620 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,608 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,414 |
| 2021 | 82 | #1,869 |
| 2020 | 103 | #1,579 |
| 2019 | 76 | #1,937 |
| 2018 | 73 | #1,993 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,090 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 55 | #2,354 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 40 | #1,524 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,435 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,087 |
| 1977 | 82 | #937 |
| 1976 | 96 | #850 |
| 1975 | 168 | #622 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,124 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
Names like Benji
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loki, Rumi, Yusuf, Kairo, Yug, Yitzchok, Ruairi, Yunus, Bodhi, Yoan, Ari, Sami
Other spellings of Benji
Benjy
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Benji: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benji, updated 20 October 2026.