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Bennie

Gender
Boy
Say it
BEN-ee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#1,964 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,516 for boys

Bennie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of the right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 2,516th for boys in the US (53 babies).

What does Bennie mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Benjamin

“son of the right hand”

More on Wiktionary.

Is Bennie a girl's or a boy's name?

Bennie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 61 girls and 53 boys in the US.

How popular is Bennie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,964th among boys
Babies in 2025
13 about 1 in 23,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 67% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Bennie, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 boys.

Half of all the boys named Bennie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 96 boys in the UK were given Bennie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #455, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.

In 2024, 29% of the babies named Bennie in the UK were girls.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 15 in 20222025
Bennie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202513#1,964
202412#2,009
202315#1,715
202215#1,708
202111#2,100
202011#2,052
20198#2,633
20185#3,596
20174#4,161
20169#2,468
20153#4,955
20147#2,843
20130–
20123#4,999
20113#4,837
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19991#3,925

How popular is Bennie in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,516th among boys
Babies in 2025
53 about 1 in 32,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 53 boys in the US were named Bennie, making it the 2,516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,418th. Its busiest year was 1929, with 959 boys. 61 girls were also named Bennie in 2025 (2,778th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Bennie in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 378 boys in the US were given Bennie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #671, up from #2,516 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 24% of the babies named Bennie in the US in 1880, and 54% in 2025.

1880Busiest: 959 in 19292025
Bennie in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202553#2,516
202454#2,502
202352#2,540
202261#2,324
202149#2,622
202054#2,418
201944#2,807
201838#3,053
201746#2,671
201648#2,586
201552#2,428
201440#2,883
201355#2,298
201244#2,715
201154#2,345
201059#2,211
200949#2,559
200854#2,373
200755#2,337
200672#1,876
200555#2,178
200470#1,782
200354#2,073
200272#1,644
200172#1,625
200073#1,605
199976#1,486
199874#1,485
199795#1,224
199689#1,244
199598#1,155
1994110#1,059
1993106#1,081
1992105#1,065
1991127#935
1990142#853
1989149#807
1988145#782
1987149#749
1986162#710
1985143#740
1984159#689
1983166#664
1982199#609
1981209#592
1980208#602
1979249#537
1978246#523
1977237#540
1976219#543
1975261#493
1974245#506
1973245#499
1972270#478
1971312#463
1970350#434
1969331#436
1968376#402
1967369#397
1966443#357
1965448#363
1964513#348
1963520#339
1962513#346
1961519#348
1960550#329
1959598#318
1958640#297
1957658#291
1956732#270
1955722#258
1954746#258
1953772#242
1952748#249
1951808#236
1950758#238
1949808#225
1948835#223
1947923#209
1946885#196
1945793#190
1944820#188
1943849#189
1942885#177
1941837#180
1940845#175
1939877#168
1938872#170
1937885#166
1936888#162
1935934#155
1934813#173
1933815#169
1932883#167
1931822#169
1930916#162
1929959#158
1928832#174
1927851#174
1926865#169
1925897#168
1924873#168
1923772#182
1922915#166
1921775#181
1920856#161
1919834#162
1918819#167
1917730#172
1916720#169
1915663#171
1914598#154
1913446#159
1912392#154
1911227#151
1910218#146
1909187#140
1908158#149
1907145#157
1906133#151
1905136#151
1904158#134
1903144#130
1902124#147
1901100#155
1900153#142
189994#160
1898116#146
189796#161
189696#164
189582#188
1894121#135
189378#186
189290#175
189175#171
189054#224
188966#197
188877#194
188748#227
188643#258
188551#230
188451#235
188321#371
188233#298
188132#276
188026#334

Names like Bennie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Freddie, Archie, Ollie, Arthur, Eddie, Louie, Reuben, Charlie, Jesse, Frederick, Otis, Wilfred

Other spellings of Bennie

Benny, Beni, Benni

Names related to Bennie

Benn, Bonnie, Benno

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

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, “Bennie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bennie, updated 20 October 2026.