NameTides

Benaiah

Benaiah was the #1,169 boys' name in the US in 2025 (176 babies), and #1,226 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

Benaiah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Benaiah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Benaiah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,169 (176)#1,226 (23)#1,374 (17)
2024#1,243 (159)#1,758 (14)#1,909 (10)
2023#1,489 (120)#1,907 (12)#1,592 (12)
2022#1,393 (133)#2,019 (11)#2,493 (6)
2021#1,182 (166)#3,017 (6)#2,260 (7)
2020#1,415 (122)#2,404 (8)#2,197 (7)
2019#1,209 (158)#2,728 (7)#1,634 (11)
2018#1,343 (134)#2,112 (10)—
2017#1,378 (128)#2,324 (9)#1,852 (9)
2016#1,382 (128)#2,556 (8)#1,487 (12)
2015#1,416 (121)#3,373 (5)#2,387 (6)
2014#1,608 (97)#3,895 (4)#2,133 (7)
2013#1,695 (87)#2,055 (10)#1,654 (10)
2012#1,626 (95)#2,270 (9)—
2011#2,017 (67)#2,892 (6)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,169.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Benaiah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,400 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Benaiah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Benaiah (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BenaiahCanadaBoys#1,37417
BenaiahEngland & WalesBoys#1,22623
BenaiahNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BenaiahUSGirls#14,9425
BenaiahUSBoys#1,169176