Benyamin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ben-ya-MEEN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Benyamin is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of the right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Benyamin mean?
Hebrew: form of Benjamin closer to the Hebrew Binyamin
“son of the right hand”
Is Benyamin a girl's or a boy's name?
Benyamin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benyamin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Benyamin, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 23 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Benyamin than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Benyamin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Benyamin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,199 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Benyamin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,378th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Benyamin, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Benyamin in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Benyamin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Benyamin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim, Musa, Zion, Muhammad, Zakariya, Yusuf, Elijah, Matteo, Noah, Elias, Jaxon, Tobias
Names related to Benyamin
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Benyamin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benyamin, updated 20 October 2026.