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How popular is the name Benjy?
Births per year, rank history and how many Benjies are alive today.
Benjy (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Benji in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2003, when 6 babies were given the name, the 2189th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2012, with 6 babies given the name that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Benji you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Benjis born in England and Wales are between 4 and 15, and there are at least 350 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Benji - on average, only one in every 866 such rooms contains a Benji.
How many babies are named Benjy each year?
Includes all spellings: Benjy, Benji. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Benjy spelling rank?
Where does the Benji spelling rank?
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
When was the name Benjy most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Benji, peaked in 2018, when 30 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Benjy spelling itself peaked in 2003, with 6 babies.
How many people are called Benjy?
At least 350 people named Benjy in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Benjy?
Most living Benjies are between 4 and 15; the most common age is about 2.
Is Benjy becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.