How Many People Are Named Benny?
people named Benny are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,373 people in the US has this name
Based on 49,144 babies named Benny in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,074 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Benny in English. Counting Benny and these spellings together, about 50,905 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Benny, 1.3% were girls and 98.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1890s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Benny alive today is about 54 years old, and 53% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 38 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Benny first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1948, to 1,074 babies. In 2025, 325 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Benny has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #172, in 1939. In 2025 it ranked #841.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #841 |
| Best rank | #172 (1939) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #188 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Benny alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Benny were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,787 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Benny was given 4.3 times as often in New Mexico, 2.7 times in Arizona and 2.4 times in Arkansas.
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