Benny

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Benny: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Benny: Recorded since 1950, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #221 in 1974, and it stood at #329 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
76years from first to last
#221highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Benny's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1999	#2097
2000	#1889
2001	#1595
2002	#2636
2003	#2470
2004	#2578
2005	#3208
2006	#1280
2007	#2023
2008	#1596
2009	#1265
2010	#1407
2011	#1600
2012	#2117
2013	#1183
2014	#959
2015	#996
2016	#946
2017	#861
2018	#932
2019	#894
2020	#821
2021	#815
2022	#810
2023	#651
2024	#773

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 20 of the 33 years from 1950 to 1982.

In 2024: #330 among boys in Scotland, #394 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #773 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1950–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1950
First recorded at #346 among boys in Norway in 1950 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1950–1982
Highest recorded position: #221 among boys in Norway, in 1974 (recorded 1950–1982).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #329 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Benny appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 27 ranked years and 563 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1950.

Benny across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Benny's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#346 (1950)	#221 (1974)	#559 (1982)	20 of 33	196 (1950–1982)	26 (1974)
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#651 (2023)	#773 (2024)	27 of 29	563 (1996–2024)	54 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#319 (2023)	#329 (2025)	11 of 21	69 (2005–2025)	13 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#416 (2018)	#312 (2023)	#312 (2023)	2 of 6	8 (2018–2023)	5 (2023)

Benny by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Benny in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	89	10 of 10	9
2010s	252	10 of 10	25
2020sbusiest	213	5 of 10	43

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 43 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Benny appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1950 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #221 in Norway in 1974.

Benny's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#773	44	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#651	54	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#810	39	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#815	39	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#821	37	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#894	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#932	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#946	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#996	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#959	30	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#559	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#459	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#454	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#518	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#310	14	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#280	16	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#280	16	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#260	18	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#221	26	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#364	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#267	18	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#436	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#521	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#505	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#425	7	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#490	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#467	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#348	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#384	4	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#346	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	13	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#330	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1950 and 2025, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #221, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 54 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 74 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Bennett · #395, 22y
Bennie · #1610, 13y
Benson · #1363, 27y
Bent · #83, 56y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Daria · #224, 47y
Leyla · #224, 50y
Ivo · #215, 46y
Emmy · #210, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Jamal · #220, 62y
Jøran · #220, 55y
Tage · #220, 67y
Lars-Erik · #223, 44y

Benny was ranked #221 in Norway · Boys in 1974. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Benny and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Benny without appearing here.

Benny moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #4052.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #4052.
Roger Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2117 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1183 and #3822.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3208 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #4333.

Moved ahead of Benny

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #848.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #1347.
Stian Compare
In 1962 they stood at #384 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1963 that had become #467 and #214.
Mark Compare
In 1978 they stood at #310 and #342 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #518 and #268.

Moved the opposite way to Benny

Eirik Compare
Between 1950 and 1982 in Norway · Boys, Benny went from #346 to #559 while Eirik went from #131 to #34.
Fredrik Compare
Between 1950 and 1982 in Norway · Boys, Benny went from #346 to #559 while Fredrik went from #181 to #36.
Henrik Compare
Between 1950 and 1982 in Norway · Boys, Benny went from #346 to #559 while Henrik went from #175 to #44.
Jørgen Compare
Between 1950 and 1982 in Norway · Boys, Benny went from #346 to #559 while Jørgen went from #109 to #33.

Moved the same way as Benny

Aksel Compare
Between 1950 and 1982 in Norway · Boys, Benny went from #346 to #559 and Aksel from #167 to #298.
Arild Compare
Between 1950 and 1982 in Norway · Boys, Benny went from #346 to #559 and Arild from #24 to #101.
Arne Compare
Between 1950 and 1982 in Norway · Boys, Benny went from #346 to #559 and Arne from #6 to #82.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1950 and 1982 in Norway · Boys, Benny went from #346 to #559 and Bjørn from #3 to #11.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1950 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #221 in Norway in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Benny

Benny at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Benny across 4 official records

Benny by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Benny's record

Benny across 4 official records

Benny by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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