Benjy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BEN-jee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Benjy is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of the right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Benjy mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Benji; pet form of Benjamin
“son of the right hand”
Meaning borrowed from Benji. More on Wiktionary.
Is Benjy a girl's or a boy's name?
Benjy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benjy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Benjy, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2003, with 6 boys.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Benjy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Benji 32
- Benjy 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Benjy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
Names like Benjy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Barnaby, Rory, Brody, Toby, Cody, Brady, Lenny, Benny, Danny, Kody, Billy, Joey
Other spellings of 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) 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, “Benjy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benjy, updated 20 October 2026.