Benji Boy
How popular is Benji?
#1,341 boy name in 2025
142 baby boys were named Benji in the US in 2025, making it the 1341st most popular boy name.
Benji popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,341 for boys (▲ 279 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 142 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+158% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,354 in 2015, #1,579 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1975 (168 boys) |
| Highest rank | #622 in 1975 |
| First recorded | 1952 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Benji counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Benji family of names ranked #1,132 for boys in 2025 (#1,384 the year before), with 155 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Benji | 142 | 92% |
| Benjy | 8 | 5% |
| Benjie | 5 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Benji is most popular
Babies named Benji per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (95 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 boys)
Benji by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 64 | #1,723 |
| 1960s | 150 | #1,893 |
| 1970s | 566 | #622 |
| 1980s | 157 | #1,524 |
| 1990s | 87 | #4,401 |
| 2000s | 137 | #4,567 |
| 2010s | 454 | #1,937 |
| 2020s | 670 | #1,341 |
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Questions
- Is Benji a boy or girl name?
- Benji is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Benji were boys.
- How popular is the name Benji?
- 142 baby boys were named Benji in the US in 2025, making it the 1341st most popular boy name.
- When was Benji most popular?
- Benji peaked in 1975, when 168 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #622 in 1975.
- How many people are named Benji?
- 2,348 babies have been named Benji in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,235 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Benji most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Benji was most common in Washington, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.