NameTides

Benji

Benji was the #1,341 boys' name in the US in 2025 (142 babies), and #1,093 in England & Wales and #1,127 in Canada.

Benji as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Benji as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Benji as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,341 (142)#1,093 (27)#560 (5)#829 (3)#1,127 (22)
2024#1,620 (105)#1,053 (28)#535 (5)#655 (4)#1,583 (13)
2023#1,608 (108)#1,175 (24)——#1,496 (13)
2022#1,414 (130)#1,366 (19)—#572 (5)#1,415 (14)
2021#1,870 (82)#985 (30)——#1,406 (14)
2020#1,579 (103)#1,230 (21)——#1,838 (9)
2019#1,938 (76)#1,655 (14)——#1,737 (10)
2018#1,994 (73)#958 (30)——#1,983 (8)
2017#2,091 (66)#1,398 (18)——#1,852 (9)
2016#2,551 (49)#1,498 (17)——#2,182 (7)
2015#2,355 (55)#1,902 (12)——#2,715 (5)
2014#2,705 (44)#3,362 (5)#680 (3)——
2013#3,582 (29)#3,315 (5)——#1,926 (8)
2012#4,862 (19)#3,987 (4)———
2011#4,822 (19)#2,892 (6)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1975 at #622.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1952.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 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 12,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Benji is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,200 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Benji by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #957CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Benji (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
BenjiCanadaBoys#1,12722
BenjiEngland & WalesBoys#1,09327
BenjiIrelandBoys#8293
BenjiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BenjiScotlandBoys#5605
BenjiUSGirls—too few
BenjiUSBoys#1,341142