NameTides

Benny

Benny was the #840 boys' name in the US in 2025 (293 babies), and #563 in England & Wales and #1,083 in Canada.

Benny as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Benny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Benny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#840 (293)#563 (69)#316 (11)—#329 (12)#1,083 (23)
2024#888 (267)#773 (44)#330 (11)—#394 (9)#842 (30)
2023#1,044 (209)#651 (54)#482 (6)#312 (5)#319 (13)#1,421 (14)
2022#1,044 (211)#810 (39)#703 (3)—#407 (9)#1,415 (14)
2021#1,006 (217)#815 (39)#720 (3)—#631 (4)#1,230 (17)
2020#1,144 (170)#821 (37)——#637 (4)#1,520 (12)
2019#1,188 (161)#894 (33)——#564 (5)#1,205 (17)
2018#1,244 (148)#932 (31)—#416 (3)#635 (4)#1,021 (21)
2017#1,360 (131)#861 (36)——#710 (3)#908 (25)
2016#1,421 (122)#946 (31)——#713 (3)#1,118 (19)
2015#1,438 (118)#996 (29)#686 (3)——#1,122 (18)
2014#1,272 (140)#959 (30)———#1,107 (18)
2013#1,243 (142)#1,183 (21)———#874 (26)
2012#1,293 (135)#2,117 (10)———#1,033 (20)
2011#1,183 (149)#1,600 (14)———#869 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1939 at #172.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • In 2025, 10% of US babies named Benny were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,800 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 5,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Benny is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Benny by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #638CAUtah: #316UTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #892TXFlorida: #887FL
Benny (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#75315

Benny (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BennyCanadaBoys#1,08323
BennyEngland & WalesBoys#56369
BennyIrelandBoys#32912
BennyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BennyScotlandBoys#31611
BennyUSGirls#4,35232
BennyUSBoys#840293