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How popular is the name Bennie?

Births per year, rank history and how many Bennies are alive today.

Bennie (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Benny in England and Wales, ranked 1897th in 2025 and given to 13 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 15 babies were given the name, the 1610th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

Across all spellings of the name, the Benny you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Bennies born in England and Wales are between 3 and 13, and there are at least 840 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 Benny - on average, only one in every 361 such rooms contains a Benny.

How many babies are named Bennie each year?

Includes all spellings: Bennie, Beni, Benny. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0255075200020201996: 41999: 52000: 92001: 112002: 42003: 92004: 52005: 92006: 212007: 122008: 132009: 192010: 212011: 172012: 132013: 252014: 372015: 352016: 452017: 432018: 402019: 402020: 542021: 542022: 502023: 722024: 602025: 85actual

Where does the Bennie spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202011: ranked 4,6472012: ranked 4,8052014: ranked 2,6902015: ranked 4,7472016: ranked 2,3352017: ranked 4,8122018: ranked 3,4122019: ranked 2,7282020: ranked 1,9352021: ranked 1,9842022: ranked 2,0192023: ranked 1,6102024: ranked 1,9522025: ranked 1,897

Where does the Beni spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020202000: ranked 3,0362001: ranked 3,1342003: ranked 2,8572005: ranked 2,7542006: ranked 2,8702007: ranked 4,3332010: ranked 3,8652013: ranked 3,8222015: ranked 4,7472016: ranked 3,4782017: ranked 3,9962018: ranked 3,9592020: ranked 2,9602021: ranked 3,9902023: ranked 4,9922024: ranked 4,2712025: ranked 5,137

Where does the Benny spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,3571999: ranked 2,0972000: ranked 1,8892001: ranked 1,5952002: ranked 2,6362003: ranked 2,4702004: ranked 2,5782005: ranked 3,2082006: ranked 1,2802007: ranked 2,0232008: ranked 1,5962009: ranked 1,2652010: ranked 1,4072011: ranked 1,6002012: ranked 2,1172013: ranked 1,1832014: ranked 9592015: ranked 9962016: ranked 9462017: ranked 8612018: ranked 9322019: ranked 8942020: ranked 8212021: ranked 8152022: ranked 8102023: ranked 6512024: ranked 7732025: ranked 563

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.

Chart: babies named Bennie per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 85 in 2025
Bennie: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Bennie most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Benny, peaked in 2025, when 85 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Bennie spelling itself peaked in 2023, with 15 babies.

How many people are called Bennie?

At least 840 people named Bennie in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Bennie?

Most living Bennies are between 3 and 13; the most common age is about 2.

Is Bennie becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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