Benji
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning son of the right hand; a form of Benjamin.
Benji by the numbers
In 2025, 27 babies in England and Wales were named Benji. In the US, 66 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 169 babies in 1975, making it a 1970s name.
Other names that come from Benjamin
Like Benji, each of these traces back to Benjamin: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Benjaminson of the right hand13,741 in the US (2017)
- Bena form of Benjamin; son of the right hand79 in England and Wales (2025)
- Binyominson of the right hand; form of Benjamin10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jaminright hand; favoured; a form of Benjamin41 in the US (2017)
- Benyaminson of the right hand; variant of Benjamin5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Benjimanson of the right hand; variant spelling of Benjamin17 in the US (2017)
- Beniaminson of the right hand; variant of Benjamin16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Benjamynson of the right hand; a form of Benjamin14 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Benji. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Benison of; a form of Benjamin3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Benjyson of the right hand; a form of Benjamin3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bennyson of the right hand; diminutive of Benjamin69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bennieson of the right hand; form of Benjamin13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Benceblessed; a form of Benedict13 in the US (2017)
- Benasson of; a form of Benjamin11 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Benji
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