# Bennie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bennie/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 62,689 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 52,753 / 9,936 (16% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 118, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutives + -ie.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 15,690 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,264 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,156 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,296 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,794 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8,982 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,821 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,694 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,677 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,279 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,111 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,394 |
| 2023 | 30 | 4,580 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,919 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,782 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 54 | 2,350 |
| 2012 | 44 | 2,719 |
| 2013 | 55 | 2,302 |
| 2014 | 40 | 2,894 |
| 2015 | 52 | 2,432 |
| 2016 | 48 | 2,593 |
| 2017 | 46 | 2,681 |
| 2018 | 38 | 3,058 |
| 2019 | 44 | 2,813 |
| 2020 | 54 | 2,421 |
| 2021 | 49 | 2,630 |
| 2022 | 61 | 2,329 |
| 2023 | 52 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 54 | 2,506 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2,519 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Bennie

- Bennie Thompson, American politician (born 1948)
- Bennie Muller, Dutch footballer (1938–2024)
- Bennie Green, American jazz trombonist (1923–1977)
- Bennie Moten, American musician (1894–1935)
- Bennie Maupin, American musician
- Bennie Wallace, American saxophonist
- Bennie Swain, American basketball player and trainer (1933–2008)
- Hank Crawford, American saxophonist (1934-2009)
- Blanco Brown, American rapper and singer

## 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.