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Benny

Boy · BEN-ee · Hebrew

Benny is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of the right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 529th for boys in the UK (80 babies) and 840th for boys in the US (293 babies).

What does Benny mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Benjamin

“son of the right hand”

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BEN-ee

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

Benny is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 80 boys in the UK and 32 girls and 293 boys in the US.

How popular is Benny in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#529among boys
Babies in 2025
80about 1 in 3,700 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 82% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 80 boys in the UK were named Benny, making it the 529th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd.

2025 had the most boys named Benny of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Benny in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 96 boys in the UK were given Benny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #455, up from #529 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 563rd in England and Wales and 316th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 80 in 20252025
Benny in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202580#529
202455#711
202365#623
202242#829
202142#844
202039#852
201935#931
201836#919
201738#901
201632#1,010
201532#1,005
201430#1,031
201323#1,199
201210#2,230
201114#1,697
201018#1,452
200919#1,340
200814#1,599
200710#1,987
200616#1,369
20054#3,330
20046#2,399
20035#2,574
20024#2,751
20019#1,547
20006#1,977
19995#2,184
19980–
19970–
19964#2,442

How popular is Benny in the US?

Rank in 2025
#840among boys
Babies in 2025
293about 1 in 5,800 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 61% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 293 boys in the US were named Benny, making it the 840th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,144th. Its busiest year was 1948, with 1,065 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882. 32 girls were also named Benny in 2025 (4,351st for girls).

2025 had more boys named Benny than any year since 1980.

Half of all the boys named Benny in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 378 boys in the US were given Benny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #671, up from #840 for this spelling alone.

1882Busiest: 1,065 in 19482025
Benny in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025293#840
2024267#888
2023209#1,044
2022211#1,044
2021217#1,006
2020170#1,144
2019161#1,188
2018148#1,244
2017131#1,360
2016122#1,421
2015118#1,438
2014140#1,272
2013142#1,243
2012135#1,293
2011149#1,183
2010153#1,179
2009149#1,209
2008155#1,165
2007193#1,002
2006193#963
2005167#1,012
2004181#933
2003161#982
2002193#858
2001165#940
2000192#833
1999158#924
1998172#846
1997166#850
1996179#800
1995182#793
1994156#855
1993207#718
1992204#721
1991201#711
1990203#709
1989211#682
1988192#678
1987211#629
1986212#613
1985213#599
1984211#582
1983214#576
1982288#500
1981292#490
1980297#491
1979339#436
1978318#446
1977300#465
1976285#464
1975325#437
1974344#424
1973303#450
1972348#424
1971370#418
1970384#415
1969397#399
1968404#386
1967398#373
1966458#348
1965514#334
1964592#320
1963637#314
1962752#279
1961719#290
1960784#282
1959845#273
1958873#262
1957873#255
1956884#245
1955822#245
1954914#233
1953897#224
1952896#223
1951926#213
1950875#215
1949969#206
19481,065#189
19471,061#191
19461,003#184
1945822#187
1944897#181
1943960#176
1942877#180
1941835#181
1940814#178
1939864#172
1938823#179
1937760#179
1936732#181
1935678#190
1934684#187
1933595#198
1932593#210
1931601#210
1930533#237
1929483#255
1928460#265
1927429#272
1926399#286
1925394#289
1924415#279
1923346#305
1922299#339
1921316#333
1920272#362
1919275#340
1918282#342
1917223#377
1916196#396
1915210#371
1914144#395
1913122#381
191287#418
191150#404
191047#376
190931#453
190837#383
190741#331
190631#387
190527#410
190418#515
190317#527
190213#614
190117#466
190031#402
189913#548
189818#485
189712#615
189616#518
189510#685
18949#729
18939#705
18929#747
18916#840
18907#814
18895#973
18886#917
188710#583
188613#512
18859#641
18845#971
18830–
18825#942

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Other spellings of Benny

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