How Many People Are Named Benjy?
people named Benjy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,116,943 people in the US has this name
Based on 362 babies named Benjy in Social Security records from 1936 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
29 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 Benjy in English. Counting Benjy and these spellings together, about 2,532 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Benjy in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Benjy alive today is about 50 years old, and 50% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 49 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Benjy first appears in the records in 1936 and was given most often in 1974, to 29 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1936 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Benjy has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,664, in 1974. In 2025 it ranked #9,022.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,022 |
| Best rank | #1,664 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,603 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Benjy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Benjy were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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