Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Benjy

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Abbreviation of Benjamin and Benedict.

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Benjy

Pronunciation

b(e)-njy, ben-jy

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1974 (rank #1661, 29 births); most recent 2025 (rank #8910, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
20258
2024–
2023–
2022–
20215
20205
20195
2018–
20175
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #3037, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20253
2024–
20233
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2001 (rank #1010, 24 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2380, 10 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202310
20226
202110
20205
20198
20189
20174
20165
201512
201412

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1975 (rank #341, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence