Benny
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning son of the right hand; diminutive of Benjamin.
How Benny has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2024 | #890 |
| 2025 | #841 |
Benny by the numbers
In 2025, 69 babies in England and Wales were named Benny. In the US, 130 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,064 babies in 1948, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1940, about 1 in 1,500 American boys born that year was called Benny.
Other names that come from Benjamin
Like Benny, 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 Benny. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bennson of the right hand; a form of Benjamin6 in the US (2017)
- Benjyson of the right hand; a form of Benjamin3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bentlybent grass meadow; a form of Bentley89 in the US (2017)
- Benjison of the right hand; a form of Benjamin27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bennetblessed; a form of Benedict62 in the US (2017)
- Bennieson of the right hand; form of Benjamin13 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Benny
Names that are said the same way as Benny, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Benison of; a form of Benjamin3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Benny
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