Binyamin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- bin-yah-MEEN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,516 for boys
Binyamin is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of the right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 2,516th for boys in the US (53 babies).
What does Binyamin mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Benjamin
“son of the right hand”
The Hebrew form of Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel in Genesis.
Is Binyamin a girl's or a boy's name?
Binyamin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 53 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Binyamin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Binyamin, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 boys.
Half of all the boys named Binyamin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Binyamin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Binyamin 11
- Binyameen 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Binyamin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Binyamin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,516th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53 about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were named Binyamin, making it the 2,516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Binyamin in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Binyamin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,516 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,261 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,707 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Binyamin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim, Muhammad, Musa, Yusuf, Zakariya, Abdullah, Mustafa, Ayaan, Sulaiman, Yahya, Ismail, Zayan
Other spellings of Binyamin
Names related to Binyamin
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, “Binyamin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/binyamin, updated 20 October 2026.