Binyamin
Binyamin was the 2520th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2265th with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 404 places. More babies were named Binyamin in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,520 boys, up 414 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 53boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202463 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,087babies recorded
Binyamin popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,520 | 53 |
| 2020 | #2,934 | 40 |
| 2010 | #3,541 | 30 |
| 2000 | #4,415 | 17 |
| 1990 | #5,887 | 8 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Binyamin, counting every spelling?
Binyamin has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Binyamin?
53 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Binyamin (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Binyamin 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 158 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Binyamin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Binyamin?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Binyamin are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 22. That makes Binyamin a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Binyamin by state
How common Binyamin was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (12.5×), New York (6.7×). In 47 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
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Questions about the name Binyamin
How popular is the name Binyamin?
Binyamin was the 2520th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2265th with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 404 places. More babies were named Binyamin in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Binyamin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Binyamin in the US.
Where is Binyamin most popular?
In 2021–2025, Binyamin was most common in New Jersey (0.38 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Maryland.