Benas

maleStatistical record

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

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

Benas: Recorded every year since 2004, it reached #253 in 2016, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#253highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3651
2005	#3849
2006	#2087
2007	#1506
2008	#1596
2009	#972
2010	#1483
2011	#958
2012	#837
2013	#882
2014	#781
2015	#873
2016	#946
2017	#848
2018	#887
2019	#908
2020	#878
2021	#1055
2022	#1029
2023	#1309
2024	#1402

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 England and Wales in every year from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1402 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2004–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3651 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #253 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2009–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Benas appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 519 births with the name.

Benas across 3 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.

Benas'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
England and Wales · Boys	#3651 (2004)	#781 (2014)	#1402 (2024)	21 of 21	519 (2004–2024)	40 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#294 (2015)	#509 (2025)	19 of 21	160 (2005–2025)	15 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#329 (2009)	#253 (2016)	#404 (2024)	7 of 16	29 (2009–2024)	7 (2016)

Benas 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 Benas in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	68	6 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	324	10 of 10	32
2020s	127	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 32 births a year.

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

Benas 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 3 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #253 in Northern Ireland in 2016.

Benas'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	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1029	28	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#908	32	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#887	34	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#848	37	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#946	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#873	35	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#781	40	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#882	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#837	37	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#958	29	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#253	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#294	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#328	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2004 and 2025, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #253, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 5 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.

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Bendik · #56, 58y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Brea · #253, 21y
Aodan · #254, 20y
Chantel · #252, 25y
Eryk · #252, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Eryk · #252, 22y
Favour · #254, 25y
Kylo · #252, 15y
Saibh · #254, 24y

Benas was ranked #253 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2016. 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.

Benas 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 Benas without appearing here.

Benas moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3849 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #972 and #4527.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #972 and #4527.
Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #4678.
Hans Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1596 and #1511 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #972 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Benas

Beau Compare
In 2017 they stood at #296 and #418 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #635 and #239.
Lachlan Compare
In 2017 they stood at #296 and #394 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #635 and #329.
Hudson Compare
In 2017 they stood at #296 and #317 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #635 and #350.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Benas

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Benas went from #3651 to #1402 while Aaron went from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Benas went from #3651 to #1402 while Adam went from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Benas went from #3651 to #1402 while Alan went from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Benas went from #3651 to #1402 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Benas

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Benas went from #3651 to #1402 and Albie from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Benas went from #3651 to #1402 and Alfred from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Benas went from #3651 to #1402 and Archie from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Benas went from #3651 to #1402 and Arlo from #875 to #15.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #253 in Northern Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Benas

Benas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Benas across 3 official records

Benas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Benas appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Benas at a glance

Benas across 3 official records

Benas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Benas appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Benas

Benas and the names beside it

Benas moved ahead of

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