# Benji (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/benji/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,348 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,285 / 63 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 305, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 6 | 5,357 |
| 1964 | 5 | 6,849 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8,437 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8,398 |
| 1973 | 6 | 7,513 |
| 1974 | 6 | 7,780 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6,546 |
| 1976 | 6 | 8,256 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15,914 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,729 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,569 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,838 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,882 |
| 2013 | 29 | 3,590 |
| 2014 | 44 | 2,713 |
| 2015 | 55 | 2,359 |
| 2016 | 49 | 2,559 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,093 |
| 2018 | 73 | 1,994 |
| 2019 | 76 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 103 | 1,579 |
| 2021 | 82 | 1,871 |
| 2022 | 130 | 1,414 |
| 2023 | 108 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 105 | 1,622 |
| 2025 | 142 | 1,341 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 30 | 958 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 30 | 985 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,366 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,053 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,093 |

## People named Benji

- Benji Schwimmer, American dancer and choreographer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.