Benny

What Benny means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Benny yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1948, with 1,065 babies; 293 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Benny?

US: Rising: up from #1438 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #996 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1939, when 864 boys got the name (#172 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 5,830 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,941 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,786 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (0.76 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.62 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.43 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Benny is #840 in the US and #563 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 90.2% of US babies named Benny were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Beni20 US · 3 E&W
• Benni7 US
• Benno7 US
• Beny5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Benny

Boys

• Rafael#218Variant of Raphael, meaning “God cures/has healed”^*
• Colter#157Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #157 vs #1,466 in 2025
• Arthur#87possibly “bear”^*
• Sonny#298Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #822 in 2015, #298 in 2025
• Malcolm#272Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Louis#249“loud; famous + battle”^*

For a sister

• Stevie#203Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #978 in 2015, #203 in 2025
• Sylvia#300“forest”^*
• Celeste#188“heavenly”^*
• Hallie#120Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #565 in 2015, #120 in 2025
• Daisy#75From the word “daisy”^*
• Scottie#126Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,533 in 2015, #126 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Benny’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.