Benji
Benji was the 1341st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 142 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 623rd with 168 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,018 places. More babies were named Benji in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,341 boys, up 238 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 142boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1975168 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,348babies recorded
Benji popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 63 since 1956.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,341 | 142 |
| 2020 | #1,579 | 103 |
| 2010 | #4,114 | 24 |
| 2000 | #4,602 | 16 |
| 1990 | #4,438 | 12 |
| 1980 | #1,524 | 40 |
| 1970 | #2,747 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,134 | 15 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Benji, counting every spelling?
Benji is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,208 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,341 for Benji on its own. Together these spellings went to 155 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benji | 142 | #1,341 | 567 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Benji?
142 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Benji (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Benji born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 59 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Benji.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Benji?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Benji are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 5 and 49. That makes Benji mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Benji by state
How common Benji was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Washington (2.1×), Ohio (2.1×), California (1.6×). In 36 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Benji: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Benji, they share its era and feel.
Benji is also a nickname for Benedict and Benjamin.
Questions about the name Benji
How popular is the name Benji?
Benji was the 1341st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 142 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 623rd with 168 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,018 places. More babies were named Benji in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Benji a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Benji in the US.
Where is Benji most popular?
In 2021–2025, Benji was most common in Washington (0.14 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and California.