# Benny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/benny/  
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 | 49,144 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 48,500 / 644 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 632, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 8 | 6,136 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9,203 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,421 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8,653 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9,202 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,422 |
| 1989 | 8 | 8,843 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16,967 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16,860 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,730 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,150 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,448 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,035 |
| 2025 | 32 | 4,371 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 149 | 1,186 |
| 2012 | 135 | 1,293 |
| 2013 | 142 | 1,245 |
| 2014 | 140 | 1,273 |
| 2015 | 118 | 1,438 |
| 2016 | 122 | 1,422 |
| 2017 | 131 | 1,360 |
| 2018 | 148 | 1,244 |
| 2019 | 161 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 170 | 1,144 |
| 2021 | 217 | 1,008 |
| 2022 | 211 | 1,045 |
| 2023 | 209 | 1,044 |
| 2024 | 267 | 888 |
| 2025 | 293 | 841 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 30 | 959 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 36 | 861 |
| 2018 | 31 | 932 |
| 2019 | 33 | 894 |
| 2020 | 37 | 821 |
| 2021 | 39 | 815 |
| 2022 | 39 | 810 |
| 2023 | 54 | 651 |
| 2024 | 44 | 773 |
| 2025 | 69 | 563 |

## People named Benny

- Benny Golson, American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1929–2024)
- Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
- Benny Hinn, American-Canadian evangelist
- Benny Urquidez, American kickboxer, martial artist, martial arts choreographer, and actor
- Benny Paret, Cuban boxer (1937–1962)
- Benny Andersen, Danish songwriter, poet (1929-2018)
- Benny Leonard, American boxer (1896-1947)
- Benny Kohlberg, cross-country skier
- Benny Bailey, American jazz trumpeter (1925–2005)
- Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and journalist (1941–2007)
- Benny Lévy, French philosopher (1945–2003)
- Benny Rubin, actor and comedian (1899-1986)

## 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.