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How popular is the name Benji?
Births per year, rank history and how many Benjis are alive today.
Benji (male) is a shortened form of the name Benjamin. Although Benji itself was given to 27 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 1093rd as a registered name), most Benjis are registered as Benjamin, which ranked 61st in 2025 with 808 babies.
Most people called Benji are registered as Benjamin, and share that name's profile: the Benjamin you are most likely to meet is around 41 years old. Half of all Benjamins born in England and Wales are between 25 and 51, and there are at least 260,000 of them alive today. Only some Benjamins go by Benji.
How many babies are named Benji or Benjamin each year?
Combined registrations of Benjamin, Benji. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Benjamin rank as a registered name?
Where does Benji rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Benji short for Benjamin?
Yes - Benji is a shortened form of Benjamin. Benjis are usually registered as Benjamin at birth.
When was the name Benji most popular?
The full name Benjamin peaked in 1984, when around 6,200 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Benji itself peaked as a registered name in 2018, with 30 babies.
How many people are called Benji?
There's no official count of people who go by Benji, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 260,000 people registered as Benjamin born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Benji.
How old is the typical Benji?
Most people called Benji are registered as Benjamin. Most living Benjamins are between 25 and 51; the most common age is about 41.
Is Benji becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.