How Many People Are Named Benji?
people named Benji are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 153,542 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,348 babies named Benji in Social Security records from 1952 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
176 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of BENJAMIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Benji in English. Counting Benji and these spellings together, about 2,532 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Benji, 2.7% were girls and 97.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 3.2% of the babies were girls then and 1.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Benji alive today is about 25 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Benji first appears in the records in 1952 and was given most often in 1975, to 176 babies. In 2025, 142 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1952 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Benji has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #623, in 1975. In 2025 it ranked #1,341.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,341 |
| Best rank | #623 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,575 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Benji alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Benji were born in California than in any other state: about 202 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Benji was given about 2.3 times as often in California.
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